The Philippine National Police (Filipino: Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas and abbreviated as PNP) is the civilian national police force of the Philippines. The PNP was formed on January 29, 1991 when the Philippine Constabulary and the Integrated National Police were merged pursuant to Republic Act 6975, or the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990.[2] It is part of the Depar
tment of the Interior and Local Government. History[edit]
Signal Corps started when Insular Police was organized in 1902 pursuant to Philippine Commission Act 175. Executive Order 308 dated March 30, 1950 created the Philippine Constabulary (PC) and the organization of PC Signal Corps was formalized on September 1955 under the Office of the Constabulary Chief Signal Officer (OCCSO). OCCSO was renamed Office of the Constabulary Chief Communications-Electronics (OCC COMMEL) and the creation of Office of the Zone Chief Communications-Electronics (OZCCE) for the four (4) PC zones. OCC COMMEL was deactivated on August 16, 1978 and the PC/INP COMMEL Group, COMMEL Support & Service Unit and the 13 COMMEL Regional Units were constituted. Philippine National Police was organized on January 1, 1991 pursuant to RA6975 and PNP Communications and Electronics Service (PNPCES) was subsequently activated to include the 17 Regional Communications and Electronics Offices (RCEOs). Passed on December 13, 1990, the Republic Act No. 6975, the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990, ended the existence of the Philippine Constabulary and the Integrated National Police and gave way to the creation of the Philippine National Police. R.A. 6975 was further amended by RA 8551, the Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998, and by RA 9708. The R.A. 8551 envisioned the PNP to be a community- and service-oriented age