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Encyclopedia > Philippine National Police
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The Philippine National Police is the national police force of the Republic of the Philippines. It is both a national and a local police force in that it provides all law enforcement services throughout the Philippines. The Philippine National Police was formed in 1989 by the merger of the Integrated National Police with the Philippine Constabulary. It is based in Quezon City at Camp Crame in the Manila National Capital Region. The PNP academy is in Imus, Cavite; a suburb to the south. It is organized on a regional and provincial basis. Unlike the PC, it is a civil police force. Image File history File links PNPSeal. ... Image File history File links PNPSeal. ... National police are the primary source of law enforcement activities in some countries, such as Italy, France and Japan, and are organised on a national basis. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The Integrated National Police was one of two national police forces in the Philippines prior to 1991. ... The Philippine Constabulary (PC) was one of two national police forces of the Philippines and was organized in 1901 by the United States appointed administrative authority. ... Quezon City P (Filipino: Lungsod Quezon), is the former capital (1948-1976) and the most populous city in the Philippines. ... Camp Crame is the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and is located in Quezon City. ... Nickname: Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Manila Coordinates: 14°35 N 121° E Country Philippines Region National Capital Region Districts 1st to 6th districts of Manila Barangays 897 Incorporated (city) June 10, 1574 Government  - Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (GO)  - Vice Mayor Isko Moreno (independent) Area  - City 38. ... National Capital Region can mean the following The National Capital Region of the Philippines. ... Imus is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. ... w:This article is about the province of Cavite. ... A civil police force is a police force comprised of civilians and not military personnel. ...

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Origins

The Integrated National Police (INP) was formed on August 8, 1975 and not 1989, by virtue of Presidential Decree 765 which officially established the joint command structure of the Philippine Constabulary (PC) and Integrated National Police (INP) or PC/INP.


Current leadership

As of 2007, 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

  • Police Director General: Oscar Castelo Calderon
  • Police Deputy Director General, Administration: Avelino Ignacio Razon, Jr
  • Police Deputy Director General, Operations: Antonio Peralta Billones
  • Police Director, Jesus Ame Verzosa

Historic Civil Guards now being reestablished

  • Civil Guard (Philippines), a local gendarmerie organized under the auspices of the Spanish colonial authorities with a contingent of local soldiers that died off with the Spanish-American war in 1898, now being reestablished in the city of Ozamiz [1]. In the Intramuros district of Manila, security forces are dressed in guardia civil uniforms [2].

Combatants United States Republic of Cuba Philippine Republic Spain Commanders Nelson A. Miles William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Arsenio Linares General Ramón Blanco Casualties 3,289 U.S. dead (432 from combat); considerably higher although undetermined Cuban and Filipino... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Ozamiz is a 2nd class city in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. ... Intramuros circa 1920s Walls of Intramuros, located along the southern bank of the Pasig River, is the oldest among the districts of the city of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. ...

See also

The Special Action Force is the primary special forces unit of the Philippine National Police. ...

External links

  • Philippine National Police Website


 

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