NAPOLCOM Resolution No. 005-17, issued on January 9, 2017, establishes the implementing guidelines for the City/Municipal Community and Service-Oriented Policing (CSOP) System within the Philippine National Police (PNP). This resolution aligns with Republic Act No. 8551, emphasizing the PNP's role in maintaining peace, order, and public safety as a community-focused agency. The CSOP System aims to enhance local governance and improve the delivery of basic services by involving local chief executives and the community in policing efforts. The guidelines serve as a framework to ensure effective adoption and implementation of community-oriented policing strategies throughout the country.
January 9, 2017
NAPOLCOM RESOLUTION NO. 005-17
APPROVING THE IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES FOR CITY/MUNICIPAL COMMUNITY AND SERVICE-ORIENTED POLICING SYSTEM (CSOP SYSTEM) IN THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP)
WHEREAS, Section 2 of Republic Act No. 8551 provides that the Philippine National Police shall be a community and service-oriented agency responsible for the maintenance of peace and order and public safety;
WHEREAS, in line with the said provision of the law, the Commission issued Resolution No. 2015-342, entitled: "Resolution to Empower the Philippine National Police (PNP) to Perform its Role as a Community and Service-Oriented Agency through the Adoption of the Community and Service-Oriented Policing (CSOP) System Involving the Local Chief Executives, the PNP and the Community, as Mandated Under Section 2 of R.A. No. 6975, as amended by R.A. No. 8551";
WHEREAS, the said Resolution provides that the CSOP System shall be the foundation of community-oriented policing and crime prevention strategy in the country;
WHEREAS, the CSOP System, as provided therein, refers to the promotion of peace and order and public safety and the strengthening of local government capability aimed toward the effective delivery of basic services to the citizenry;
WHEREAS, the Commission deems it necessary to set forth the basic concept, philosophy and core components of the community and service-oriented policing to be observed by the PNP to ensure its successful adoption and implementation as embodied in the implementing guidelines for City/Municipal Community and Service-Oriented Policing System (CSOP System) in the PNP;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Commission, pursuant to its constitutional and statutory mandates to administer and control the PNP, HAS RESOLVED TO APPROVE, AS IT HEREBY APPROVES, the implementing guidelines for City/Municipal Community and Service-Oriented Policing System (CSOP System) in the Philippine National Police (PNP), attached hereto as Annex A;
BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER that copies of the Implementing Guidelines for City/Municipal CSOP System be furnished the Chief, PNP and the PNP Directorate for Police Community Relations for widest dissemination and distribution to all concerned.
APPROVED this 9th of January, 2017 at Quezon City, Philippines.
(SGD.) ISMAEL D. SUENOSecretary, DILG and Chairman, NAPOLCOM
(SGD.) ATTY. ROGELIO T. CASURAOCommissioner
(SGD.) FELIZARDO M. SERAPIO, JR.Commissioner
(SGD.) JOB M. MANGENTECommissioner
(SGD.) ZENONIDA F. BROSASCommissioner
(SGD.) RONALD M. DELA ROSACommissioner
Attested by:
(SGD.) MS. ADELMALYN A. MUNIEZAChief, Secretariat