Authorized Salary Rates and Structure
- Each rank has a specified salary range comprising eight graduated steps or scales.
- Salaries range from Patrolman/Fireman P267 to Police/Fire Colonel P2,172 per month.
- The salary scale ensures uniform pay for equivalent ranks across the police and fire services.
Salary Adjustment Guidelines
- Salaries below the minimum prescribed step for a member’s rank are raised to the minimum.
- Members retain their current step if it matches one in the new scale unless promoted or otherwise adjusted.
- Upon promotion, the member receives at least the minimum salary of the new rank or the next higher step if previously higher.
- Demotion results in salary adjustment to the step previously held in the lower rank.
- Members earning above the maximum step continue to receive their higher salary.
Initial Salary for New Members
- Newly appointed INP members start at the first salary step corresponding to their rank.
Advancement within Salary Steps
- Movement within the eight-step salary range is based on performance, efficiency, and achievements.
- Advancement to a higher salary step occurs no sooner than two years and no later than five years.
Allowances for Personnel
- The Chief of Constabulary/Director General, with the Secretary of National Defense’s approval, may grant allowances such as subsistence, cost of living, and clothing.
- Allowances address regional cost of living differences and support effective law enforcement discipline.
Funding and Appropriation
- The National Government provides annual budget appropriations for salaries and allowances.
- Funds are drawn from specific Presidential Decree allocations (PD 632 and PD 733).
Rules and Regulations for Implementation
- The Chief of Constabulary/Director General, subject to the Secretary of National Defense’s approval, must promulgate rules for effective implementation.
Repeal of Inconsistent Laws
- All laws, decrees, orders, and regulations conflicting with this decree are repealed or modified accordingly.
Preservation of Philippine Constabulary Salary Structure
- The rank and salary rates of the Philippine Constabulary elements within the INP remain governed by existing laws and rules.
Effectivity
- The provisions of the decree take effect on January 1, 1976.