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Police - one of the pillars of the criminal justice system that has the specific responsibility of maintaining law and order
and combating crime within the society.
- comes from Latin "politia"-civil administration which itself derives from the ancient Greek police "city"
Administration - an organizational process concerned with the implementation of objectives and plans and internal
operating efficiency.
Police Organization - a group of trained personnel in the field of public safety administration engaged in the
achievement of goals and objectives that promotes the maintenance of peace and order, protection of life and property,
enforcement of the laws and the prevention of crimes.
Law Enforcement Agency - pertains to an organization responsible for enforcing the laws.
Objectives - refer to the purpose by which the organization was created. Refer to the goals of the organization.
Supervision - means the act of watching over the work or tasks of the members of the organization to ensure that
desired results are achieved.
Management - the process of directing and facilitating the work of people organized in formal groups in order to achieve
objectives. Judicious or wise use of resources (manpower, material,money,equipment,
Hierarchy - represents the formal relationship among superiors and subordinates in any given organization. Serves as
the framework for the flow of authority downward and obedience upward, through the department.
Authority - the right to command and control the behavior of employees in lower positions within an organizational
hierarchy. Must be viewed in terms of prescribed roles rather than of individuals.
A particular position within the organization. Carries the same regardless of who occupies that position.
Management/Administrative Functions
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Directing
4. Controlling
5. staffing
6. Reporting
7. Budgeting
responsibility.
* Discipline - necessary for an organization to function
flow of authority.
1. Functional Units
2. Territorial Units
route or post.
POLICE – French word which was later adopted by the English language
the people.
2. CONTINENTAL THEORY
higher authorities
organization.
1. OLD CONCEPT
suppressive machinery
2. MODERN CONCEPT
of crimes
1. KIN POLICING
vengeance
2. EGYPT
thieves
3. ROME
policing
4. ENGLAND
b) PARISH CONSTABLES
gates
would stop what they were doing and come to the aid
of the constable.
1) ENGLAND
Service.
London
1631.
AUGUST VOLLMER - recognized as the Father of Modern Law Enforcement for his contributions in the development of
the field of criminal justice in the US
Brig.Gen. Rafael Crame - the first Filipino Chief of the Philippine Constabulary in 1917.
Col. Antonio Torres - the first Filipino Chief of Police of the Manila Police Department in 1935.
Col. Lambert Javalera - the first chief of police of the Manila Police Department after the Philippine Independence from
the United States of America in 1946
Dir.Gen. Cesar Nazareno - the first chief of the Philippine National Police.
HIGHLIGHTS OF RA 6975 – THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT OF
1990, RA 8551 – THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE REFORM AND REORGANIZATION ACT OF
1998 and RA 9708
GOVERNMENT (DILG)
1) provincial governors
6975
President
thereof;
functions.
NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION
coordination
trustworthy PNP”
uniformed members;
benefits;
in connection therewith;
personnel;
irregularities.
B. Advise the President on all matters involving police
legislations;
COMPOSITION OF NAPOLCOM
1. One chairperson
Note:
police or military
shall be a woman
* from among the three regular commissioners from
chosen
NAPOLCOM
1901 - ACT no. 175 of the Philippine Commission established the Philippine constabulary on august 8, 1901.
1905 - the Philippine constabulary school was established at the sta.lucia barracks in Intramuros on February 17, 1905.
1916 - the Philippine constabulary school was renamed academy for officers of the Philippine constabulary.
1917 - on December 17, 1917, Brigadier General Rafael Crame from Rizal Province, became the first Filipino chief of the
Philippine constabulary.
1926 - the academy for officers of the Philippine constabulary was renamed Philippine Constabulary Academy.
1936 - the Philippine Constabulary Academy became the present day Philippine Military Academy.
1938 - The Philippine Constabulary became the existing and organized national police force of the country pursuant to
commonwealth act no. 343 dated June 23, 1938 and EO no. 389 dated December 23, 1950. This decree integrated local
police forces into the Philippines constabulary operational and organizational set up.
1966 - congress enacted RA no. 4864, the police act of 1966. This law also created the Police Commission (POLCOM).
1975 - PD 765 was enacted. This law is called the Police Integration Law of 1975. The Integrated National Police was
established with the Philippine Constabulary as nucleus under the Department of national Defense. The NAPOLCOM,
originally under the office of the President was transferred to the Ministry of National defense.
1985 - The National Police Commission was returned to the office of the President pursuant to E.O 1040.
1989 - Executive order 379 placed the Integrated national Police directly under the command, supervision and control of
the President. This order vested the NAPOLCOM with the powers of administrative control and supervision over the
Integrated National Police.
1990 - RA 6975 was passed on December 13, 1990 establishing the Philippine National Police under a reorganized
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). A new National Police Commission was created under the
DILG.
1998 - congress passed into law RA no. 8551 on February 25, 1998, otherwise known as the Philippine National Police
reform and reorganization act of 1998. This act strengthened and expanded NAPOLCOM,s authority over the PNP to
include administration of police entrance examination and conduct pre-charge investigation against police anomalies
and irregularities and summary dismissal of erring police members.
2. STAFF/ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS
functions
3. AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS
organization
1. OPERATIONAL UNITS
control,
2. ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
training.
3. SERVICE UNITS
management,supplies.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
the organization
1. LINE
2. FUNCTIONAL
departments
ORGANIZATIONAL PRINCIPLES
1. AUTHORITY
particular organization
purpose.
3. DOCTRINE
4. DISCIPLINE
1. UNITY OF COMMAND
orders
2. SPAN OF CONTROL
c) Complexity of task
3. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
4. HIERARCHY OF AUTHORITY
subordinates
department
HIERARCHY - represents the formal relationship
organization
5. SPECIALIZATION
6. CHAIN OF COMMAND
7. COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY
control.
The forerunner of the contemporary police system was the practice of barangay chieftains to select
Spanish Period
Carabineros de Seguridad Publica – organized in 1712 for the purpose of carrying the regulations
and considered as the mounted police; years after, this kind of police organization discharged the duties of a port,
harbor and river police.
Guardrilleros/Cuardillo – this was a body of rural police by the Royal Decree of 18 January 1836, this decree provided
that 5% of the
able-bodied male inhabitants of each province were to be enlisted in this police organization for
three years
Guardia Civil – this was created by a Royal Decree issued by the Crown on 12 February 1852
American Period
Police Force of Manila was organized pursuant to Act No 70of the Taft Commission. This has become the basis for the
Henry T. Allen - Captain of the 6th US cavalry, a graduate of West Point class 1882. Father of the Philippine
Constabulary.The first chief of the Philippine Constabulary in 1901.
ACT NO 183 - created the Manila Police Department, enacted on July 31, 1901.
Act No 255 – the act that renamed the Insular Constabulary into Philippine Constabulary,
Executive Order 389 – ordered that the Philippine Constabulary be one of the four services
Post-American Period
RA 4864 – otherwise known as the Police Professionalization Act of 1966, enacted on September 8, 1966; created the
Police Commission
police forces under the Office of the President; later POLCOM was renamed into National Police
Commission (NAPOLCOM).
Defense
Executive Order No 1012 – transferred to the city and municipal government the operational
supervision and direction over all INP units assigned within their locality; issued on July 10, 1985
Executive Order No 1040 – transferred the administrative control and supervision of the INP
RA 6975 – otherwise known as the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990,
RA 8551 – otherwise known as the Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act
RA 9708 - law amending the provisions of RA 6975 and RA 8551 on the minimum educational
- An Act extending for five (5) years the reglementary period for complying with the minimum educational qualification
for appointment to the PNP and adjusting the promotion system thereof,amending for the purpose pertinent provisions
of RA 6975 and RA 8551 and for other purposes.
6. A file showing the history of each police officer, both prior and
subsequent to joining the force, is indispensable.
A. Personal records
B. Policy,order,memoranda file
C. Assignment record
D. Correspondence file
3. Traffic spot map - It post the the motor vehicle and pedestrian
accident which occur in the area.
5. Charged out card - Each time any file is issued, a record should
be made on a color charge-out which is often called a
Substitution Card or an Out Card which takes the place of
a file that has been removed from the cabinet.
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. D
6. A
7. D
8. A
9. B
10. C
Answer:
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. A
Answer:
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. C
10. B
Answer:
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. B
9. A
10. B
Answer:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. B
Note:
Commanding Officer- an officer who is in command of the department, a bureau, a division, an area, or a district.
Department Rules - rules established by department directors\superiors to control the conduct of the members of the
police force.
District - a geographical subdivision of a city for patrol purposes usually with its own station.
Duty Manual - describes the procedures and defines the duties of officers assigned to specified post or position.
Formal Organization - is defined as those organizations that are formally established for explicit purpose of achieving
certain goals.
Functional Organization - The functional responsibility of each functional manager is limited to the particular activity
over which he has control, regardless of who performs the function.
Informal Organization - are those sharing the basic characteristic of all organizations arise through the social
interactions of individuals or through family grouping.
Leave of Absence- period, which an officer is excused from active duty by any valid reason, approved by higher
authority.
Length of Service- the period of time that has elapsed since the oath of office was administered.Previous active services
may be included or added.
Line Organization - is the simplest and the oldest types of organization where responsibility extends in a direct line
from top to bottom within the structures and authority is definite and absolute.
line and staff organization is a combination of the line and functional types.
Off Duty - the nature of which the police officer is free from specific routine duty.
On Duty - the period when an officer is actively engaged in the performance of his duty.
Police - is a branch of the criminal justice system that has the specific responsibility of maintaining law and order and
combating crime within the society.
Police organization - is a group of trained personnel in the field of public safety administration engaged in the
achievement of goals and objectives that promotes the maintenance of crimes.
Post - a fixed point or location to which an officer is assigned for duty, such as a designated desk or office or an
intersection or cross walk from traffic duty.It is a spot location for general guard duty.
Ranking Officer- the officer who has the senior rank in a team or group.
Report - usually a written communication unless otherwise specifies to be verbal reports; verbalreports should be
confirmed by written communication.
Sick leave - period which an officer is excused from active duty by reason of illness or injury.
Special Duty - the police service, its nature, which requires that the officer be excused from the performance of his
active regular duty.
Superior Officer- one having supervisory responsibilities, either temporarily or permanently, over officers of lower
rank.
Suspension - a consequence of an act which temporarily deprives an officer from the privilege of performing his duties
as result of violating directives or other department regulations.
Sworn Officers - all personnel of the police department who have taken oath and who possesses the power to arrest.
Unit - functional group within a section; or the smallest functional group within an organization.
Patrol officers - are uniformed officers assigned to monitor specific geographical areas, that is to move through their areas
at regular intervals looking out for any signs of problems of any kind.
History of Patrol
Sheriff - is a contraction of the term "shire-reeve" - designated a royal official responsible for keeping the peace
through out a shire or county on behalf of the king.
Reeve - a senior official with local responsibilities under the crown. ex., chief magistrate of a town or district.
Shire - traditional term for a division of land in the UK and Australia.
Jury - is a sworn body of people convened to render impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court or to
set a penalty or judgement.
Thief taker - a private individual hired to capture criminal.
Bow street runners - London's first professional police force.
Henry Fielding - a magistrate educated at Elton college who founded the Bow street runners originally numbered
just six.
Statute of Winchester - in 1285, obliged the authorities of every town to keep a watch at the city gates and arrest
all suspicious night walkers.
Sir Robert Peel - prime minister of England from Dec. 1834 to April 1835 and again From Aug.1841 to June 1846.
While home secretary, help create the modern concept of the police force leading to officers being known as
bobbies in England and peelers in Ireland.
Patrick Colquhoun - (1745 - 1820) - a Scottish merchant and a magistrate who founded the first regular preventive
police force in England, the Thames river police.
August Vollmer - first police chief of Berkeley California. He is sometimes called the father of modern law
enforcement in the US.
O.W. Wilson - studied under August Vollmer. Became Chief of Police of the Fullerton police department. He also
became chief of police of the Wichita police department. He introduced the following reforms and innovations:
Community policing - is the process by which an organized group of citizens devoted a time to crime prevention within a
neighborhood. When suspecting criminal activities, members are encourage to contact the authorities and not to intervene.
Beat patrol - the deployment of officers in a given community, area or locality to prevent and deter criminal activity and to
provide day to day services to the community.
Sting Operations - organized groups of detectives who deceived criminals into openly committing illegal acts of conspiring
to engage in criminal activity.
Hotspots of Crime - the view that a significant portion of all police calls in cities typically radiate from a relatively few
locations.
Models of Policing
1. Neighborhood Oriented Policing - a philosophy of
police suggesting that problem solving is best done
at the neighborhood level, where issues originate
not at a far-off central headquarters.
2. Pro Active Policing - aggressive law enforcement
style in which patrol officers take the initiative
against crime instead of waiting for criminal acts to
occur.
3. Problem Oriented Policing - a style of police
management that stresses pro active problem
solving instead of reactive crime fighting.
4.Community Oriented Policing - programs designed
to bring the police and the public closer together
and create more cooperative working environment
between them.
5. Reactive Policing - the opposite of Pro Active
policing where the police wait for crime to occur.
Cynicism - the belief that most peoples actions are motivated solely by personal needs and selfishness.
Civilian Review Board - ex. PLEB - organized citizen groups that examine police misconduct.
Fleeing Felon Rule - the oldest standard relating to the use of deadly force.
Deadly Force - police killing of a suspect who resists arrest or presents a danger to an officer or the community.
Booking - the administrative record of an arrest listing the offenders name, address, physical description, date of birth, time
of arrest, offense and name of arresting officer. It also include photographing and fingerprinting of the offender.
Line Up - placing a suspect in a group for the purpose of being viewed and identified by a witness.
Stop and Frisk - the situation in which police officers who are suspicious of an individual run their hands lightly over the
suspects outer garments to determine if the person is carrying a concealed weapon. Also called Inquiry of Pat Down.
Foot Patrol - police patrol that takes officer out of cars and puts them in walking beat to strengthen ties with the
community.
Excited Delirium - an overdose of adrenaline that can occur in heated confrontation with the police.
Sworn Date - the date that a sworn employee took the oath of office for their position.
Definition of Terms
1. Section - a primary subdivision of a bureau with a
department wide responsibility for providing a
specific specialized functions.
2. Unit - a subdivision of a section usually small in
size with personnel assigned to perform a
specialized activity, one or two employees
performing assigned
work.
3. Squad - a subdivision of a unit.
4. Detail - a subdivision of a squad.
5. Precinct -the primary geographic subdivision of
the patrol operation bureau.
6. Sector - the primary geographic subdivision of a
precinct, supervised by a sergeant.
7. Beat - the primary subdivision of a sector.
8. Watch/Shift - one of several tours of duty.
9. Post - a fixed geographic location usually assigned
to an individual officer.
10.Task Force - an adhoc work group normally
established by bureau commander to respond to a
specific incident or series of related incidents. Task
Force assignment is temporary.
11.Chief of Police - overall commander of the
department.
12.Chain of Command - a fundamental component
of proper supervision.The chain of command
requires that each employee reports and is
accountable to only one direct supervisor.
A. 1828
B. 1829
C. 1830
D. 1831
Answer:
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. D
9. C
10. B
11. A
Answer:
1. D
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. B
3. He laid the foundation for the first modern police force. he was
appointed magistrate in Westminster in 1748.
A. Henry Fielding
B. Sir Robert Peel
C. O.W. Wilson
D. None of the Above
8. Ten families who grouped together to protect one another and to assume
responsibility for the acts of the group member.
A. Hundred
B. Shires
C. Tithings
D. Beadies
Answer:
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. D
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. C
10.D
2. This office was created to assist the shire-reeve in non urban areas
A. Justice of the Peace
B. Parish Constable
C. Magistrates
D. Watchmen
4. Patrolling the streets from dusk till dawn to insure that all local
people were indoors and quite and to insure that no strangers were
roaming around.
A. Justice of the peace
B. Parish Constable
C. Magistrates
D. Watchmen
7. Suspects were required to place their hands in boiling water. When not
hurt, he will be acquitted, if not he is guilty of the crime.
A. Hue and Cry
B. Shire
C. Trial by Ordeal
D. None of the Above
10.This law established the Napolcom under the office of the President.
It is also known as the Police Act of 1966.
A. R.A. 6975
B. C.A. 181
C. R.A. 4864
D. R.A. 4668
Answer:
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. D
6. A
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. C
Answer:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. B
Operational Planning - the use of rational design or patten for all departmental undertakings rather than relying
on chance in an operational environment. The preparation and development of procedures and techniques in
accomplishing each of the primary tasks and functions of an organization.
Police Planning - an attempt by police administrators in trying to allocate anticipated resources to meet anticipated
service demands. The systematic and orderly determination of facts and events as basis for policy formulation and
decision making affecting law enforcement management.
Planning - the determination in advance of how the objectives of the organization will be attained; involves the
determination of a course of action to take in performing a particular function or activity. The process of
developing methods or procedures or an arrangement of parts intended to facilitate the accomplishment of a
definite objective. The process of deciding in advance what is to be done and how it is to be done.
Plan - an organized schedule or sequence by methodical activities intended to attain a goal or objectives for the
accomplishment of mission or assignment. A method or way of doing something in order to attain objectives and
provides answers to the 5Ws and 1H.
Tactics - are specific design, method or a course of action to attain a particular objective in consonance with
strategy.
command post/holding area - area where case conferences, briefings and debriefings are being conducted
by the responding agencies.
dragnet operation - is a police operation purposely to seal off the probable exit points of fleeing suspect
from the crime scene to prevent their escape.
Guidelines in Planning
1. What - mission/objective
2. Why - reason/philosophy
3. When - date/time
4. where - place
5. How - strategy/methods
Types of Plan
1. Procedural/Policy Plan
2. Operational Plan
3. Tactical Plan
4. Administrative/Management Plan
5. Extra-Departmental Plan
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. C
10.A rule of action for the rank and file to show them
and they are expected to obtain the desired effect.
A. Tactic
B. Procedure
C. Policy
D. Guidelines
Answer:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. D
Answer:
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. C
10. D
Notes:
Answer:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. C
10. A
Notes:
1. Scalar Principle
a. Unity of Command
b. Span of Control
c. Delegation of Authority
d. Chain of Command
2. Five Approaches in Planning
a. Synoptic Planning
- feasibility study
- acceptability study
- cost effective analysis
b. Must and Wants analysis
c. Incremental Planning
d. Trans-active Planning
e. Advocacy Planning
Answer:
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. D
10. C
Notes:
1. Types of Plans
a. Policy/Procedural Plan
b. Tactical plan
c. Operational Plan
d. Extra-Office Plan
e. Management Plan
3. Five M of management
a. Manpower
b. Machine
c. Money
d. Means/Method
e. Material
Intelligence Agency - is a government agency responsible for the collection,analysis or exploitation of information and
intelligence in support of law enforcement,national security,defense and foreign policy objectives.
Intelligence Officer - is a person employed by an organization to collect,compile and analyze information which is used to that
organization.
Counter Intelligence - refers to effort made by intelligence organizations to prevent hostile or enemy intelligence organization
from successfully gathering and collecting intelligence against them.
Human Intelligence - category of intelligence derived from information collected and provided by human sources.
Dead Drop/Dead Letter Box - is a method of espionage trade craft used to pass items between 2 individuals using a secret
location and thus not require to meet directly.
Dead Drop Spike - is a concealment device used to hide money,maps,documents,microfilm and other items.
Espionage/Spying - involves a government or individual obtaining information that is considered secret of confidential without
the permission of the holder of the information.
Agent Handling - is the management of agents,principal agents and agent networks by intelligence officers typically known as
case officers.
Case Officer - is an intelligence officer who is trained specialist in the management of agents and agent network.
Agent - acts on behalf of another whether individual,organization or foreign government, works under the direction of a
principal agent or case officer.
Cryptography - is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties called
adversaries.
Eaves Dropping - Is the act of secretly listening to the private conversation of others without their consent.
Propaganda - is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or
position.
Intelligence Cycle - is the process of developing unrefined data into polished intelligence for the use of policy makers.
1. Direction - intelligence requirements are
determined by a decision maker to meet his/her
objective.
2. Collection - is the gathering of raw information
based on requirements.
3. Processing - converting the vast amount of
information collected into a form usable by
analyst.
4. Analysis - conversion of raw information into
intelligence. It includes:
(1) integrating
(2) evaluating
(3) analyzing data and preparing intelligence
product.
5. Dissemination - is the distribution of raw or
finished intelligence to the consumer whose needs
initiated the intelligence requirement.
6. Feedback - is received from the decision maker
and revised requirement issued.
Evaluation - systematic determination of merit, worth and significance of something or someone using criteria against a set of
standards.
Crime Triangle
1. the offender
2. the victim
3. the location
Crime Intelligence - information compiled, analyzed and/or disseminated in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor criminal
activity.
Strategic Intelligence - information concerning existing patterns or emerging trends of criminal activity designed to assist in
criminal apprehension and crime control strategies for both short and long term investigative tools.
Tactical Intelligence - information regarding a specific criminal event that can be used immediately by operational units to
further a criminal investigation plan tactical operations and provide for officer safety.
Open Source - refers to any information that can be legitimately obtained e. free on request, payment of a fee.
Intelligence Assessment - is the development of forecasts of behavior or recommended courses of action to the leadership of an
organization based on a wide range of available information sources both overt and covert.
Intelligence Analysis - is the process of taking known information about situations and entities of strategic, operational, or
tactical importance, characterizing the known and with appropriate statements of probability. the future actions in those
situations and by those entities.
Cryptanalysis - from the Greek word Kryptos-hidden and Analyein-to loosen or to unite - is the art of defeating cryptographic
security systems and gaining access to the contents of encrypted messages without being given the cryptographic key.
Answer
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. B
10. A
You may want to read the ff: intelligence and secret service
1. D
2. D
3. A
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. B
1. Sun Tzu - The Chinese general who wrote The Art of War
in about 400 b.c.
1. B
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. A
1. Overt/Open – overt info. Are obtained from open and easily available sources like magazines, reports and
files.
2. Covert/Close
1. Regular
2. Secondary
3. Emergency
1. Selection
2. Investigation
3. Approach
4. Testing
Briefs – the form in which the finished product of intelligence is presented to the commander in the police
department.
Ciples – are fundamental guides to action, broad statement of truth from which others are derived.
1. Strategic Intelligence
2. Counter Intelligence
3. Line Intelligence
Coding – is the process of putting the codes and ciphers to plain text message.
Cooperative Members of the Community - a rich source of information on criminals, criminal activities and even
subversive groups.
Criminal Syndicate – it is a stable business with violence applied and directed at unwelcome competitors.
Criminal World – the social organization of criminals having its own social classes.
Cryptoanalysis – is the process of putting the plain text message to codes and cipher.
Cryptograph – the art and science of making, devising, inventing, or protecting codes and cipher.
Counter Intelligence – type of intelligence activity which deals with defending the organization againsts it criminal
activities.
1. Physical Security – a system of barrier placed between the potential intruder and the material to be
protected.
2. Personnel Security – includes all security measures designed to prevent unsuitable individuals of doubtful
loyalty from gaining access to classified matter,securing facilities and to prevent the appointment,
employment, or retention as employees of such individuals.
3. Operational Security – measures taken in conducting operations or action in a secure and efficient manner.
4. Security Survey/Inspection – conducted in order to assist the chief of office in determining the security
measures required to protect key installation from possible sabotage, espionage, subversion and
unauthorized disclosure of or access to classified defense information or materials.
5. Community Security – is the protection resulting from all measures designed to deny unauthorized person
information of value which may be derived from the possession and study of communications or to mislead
unauthorized persons and the interpretation of the result of such study.
Counter Surveillance – if a surveillance team is watched by the supervisor or a designated unknown individual to
know if the team is doing its job as planned or is being watched by companions of the subject.
Covert Operation – if the information is obtained without the knowledge of the person against whom the
information or document may be used or if the method or procurement is done not in an open manner.
1. Top Secret
2. Secret
3. Confidential
4. Restricted
Financial Gain – the most common reason why an informer is giving information.
Information – are knowledge, data, news, opinion or the like transmitted from one person to another.
Integrate – to make the entire or all the information the subject matter.
Interpret – to explain the meaning or to expand the information from the unknown to known.
Intelligence – product resulting from the collecting information concerning an actual and potential situation and
condition relating to foreign activities and to foreign or enemy held areas.
- product resulting from collection, evaluation, analysis, integration, and interpretation of available information
concerning area of interest.
Interpretation – determining the significance of the information with respect to what is already known and it draws
conclusions as to the probable meaning of the evaluated information.
Kinds Of Surveillance
1. Surveillance of place
2. Tailing or shadowing
3. Undercover investigation or Roping
Line Intelligence – types of intelligence which is of immediate nature and necessary for more effective police
planning and operation.
Method of Casing
Military Intelligence – it is an evaluated and interpreted information concerning an actual or possible enemy or
theater of operations including weather and terrain together with the conclusions drawn therefrom.
Need To Know Principle – in intelligence dissemination, even a ranking law enforcer who has no business on the
classified information is not furnished the report.
OB File – identification, location, and knowing the intents of criminal syndicates, notorious characters and even
people with subversive desires must be made available for use.
Order Of Battle – an intelligence document describing the identity, strength, command structure and disposition of
the enemy/criminals.
Organized crime – it is the combination of two or more persons for the purpose of establishing criminal activity.
Overt Operation – if the information or document are procured openly with out regard as to whether the subject of
the investigation becomes knowledgeable of the purpose for which it is being gathered.
Police Counter Intelligence – it is the detection, prevention, or neutralization of any activity inimical to the
harmony and best interest of the police organization.
Police Intelligence – an evaluated and interpreted information concerning organized crime and other major police
problems.
Safe House – a clandestine place where the intelligence agent and his superior meet.
Security Inspection – conducted in order to determine degree of compliance with established security policies and
procedures.
Stool Pidgeon – an individual who sells information to different groups of law enforcers.
Strategic Intelligence – intelligence which is primarily long range in nature with little or no immediate practical
value.
Surveillance – to gather general information over a wide area and takes a longer time frame.
Wilhelm Von Stieber – a CIA intelligence officer who spied for soviet union from 1985 – 1994, he had perpetrated
the costliest breach of security in the agency's history.
Private Detective Agency - is any person who for hire or reward or on commission conducts or carries on or holds
himself out as conducting or carrying on a detective agency or detective service.
Private Detective - any person who is not a member of a regular police agency or armed forces who does detective
work for hire,reward or commission.
Watchmen/Security Guard - person who offers or renders personal service to watch or secure either residential or
business establishment or both or any building,compound or area for hire or compensation or as an employee
thereof.
Security Agency - any person, association, partnership or corporation who recruits, trains, muster ,furnishes,
solicit individuals or business firms, private or government owned or controlled corporation to engage his services
or those of its watchmen.
In case of corporation, association, or partnership - must be 100 % owned and controlled by Filipino
citizen.
No person shall organize or have interest in more than one agency.
An elective or appointive government employees who may be called upon on account of the function of
their respective offices in the implementation and enforcement of the provision of RA 5487 and person
related to such government employees by affinity or consanguinity in the third civil degree shall not hold
any interest, directly or indirectly in any security guard agency.
What are the penal provisions for violation of RA5487 or its implementing rules? ans.
1. Suspension, fine or cancellation of license to
operate with the forfeiture f bond filed with the
Chief PNP.
2. Imprisonment ranging from 1 to 4 years and fine, in
the discretion of the courts.
Physical security - describes the measures that are designed to deny access to unauthorized personnel from
physically accessing a building, facility, stored information and guidance on how to design structures to resist
potentially hostile acts.
- a system of barriers placed between a potential intruder and the material or installation to be
protected.
Security - the predictable state or condition which is free from harm, injury, destruction, intimidation or fear.
Freedom from fear or danger or defense against crime.
Physical Security System - a barrier or system of barriers placed between the potential intruder and the matter to
be protected. Protective device against hazards, threats, vulnerability and risks.
1. gates
2. doors
3. locks
1. install alarms
2. install intrusion detection monitor
3. install video monitoring system - ex. cctv
Vigiles (in Rome) - origin of the watchmen although their principal duty was as a fire brigade.
1. Frank Wills - detected the Watergate burglars ultimately leading to the resignation of US president
Richard Nixon.
Target hardening - the reduction in criminal opportunity, generally through the use of physical barriers,
architectural design and enhanced security measures of a particular location.
Defensible Space - the range of mechanisms that combine to bring an environment under the control of its
residents.
2 Kinds of Barriers
1. Natural
2. Artificial
5 Types of Barriers
1. Human
2. Animal
3. Natural
4. Energy/Electrical/Electronic
5. Structural
3 Line of Defense
1. Perimeter Barrier - 1st line of defense.
2. Building Exterior - 2nd line of defense.
3. Interior Controls - 3rd line of defense.
Perimeter Barrier - main purpose is to deny or impede access or exit of unauthorized persons.
Other Purposes
1. It defines the boundary of the property to be
secured.
2. It creates a physical and psychological deterrent
to unauthorized entry.
3. It delays intrusion, thus facilitating apprehension
of intruders.
4. It assists in a more efficient and economical
employment of guards.
5. It facilitates and improves the control of pedestrian
and vehicular traffic.
Components:
1. Types of Fencing (solid/full view)
2. The top guard
3. Types of Protective Alarms Systems
4. Types of Protective and Emergency Lighting's
5. CCTV Cameras and other Electronic Security
Systems/Energy Barriers
Natural barriers or features - such as cliffs,ravines,and rivers which delay or make more difficult to entry of
intruders.
Structural barriers - features constructed by man regardless of their original intent that tends to delay the
intruder.ex.walls,ceilings,locks,safe,windows.
Human barriers - guards,charges of quarters,office personnel,shop workers etc. who stand between the intruder
and the matter to be protected.
Animal barriers - usually guard dog.ex. trained German shepherds used as guards,goose,and turkeys can also be
included.
Energy barriers - usually electrical or electronics devices used to provide assistance to guard personnel.ex.
protective lightnings,antiintrusion devices.
Full view fence - it is designed primarily to prevent physical access between two areas.Constructed in such a way
that visual access is permitted through the fence.
Visitor control - the measures used would depend on the sensibility of the installation but could include the
following:
1. Escort - expensive but most secure
2. Time traveled - if there is a long delay or time lapse
between the departure and arrival,the visitor may
be required to show cause for the delay.
3. Visitors logs - should contain identifying data,
reasons of visit,time in and hour etc.
4. Visitors entrances - separate access for visitors and
separate for employees .
Utility and maintenance personnel - escort system could be used.If these people visit the installations on a regular
basis some of the systems previously could be used.
Package control - there should be provisions made to check packages being taken in and taken out.
Photography - extreme caution must be exercised in areas where classified information is displayed to preclude
unauthorized taking of pictures of the installation.
Kinds of Alarms
1. Intrusion alarm - any detecting devices using
electric and their combinations to signal an alarm
when actuated.
2. Laser beam alarm - a laser emitter floods the wall or
fence with a beam so that when this beam is
disturbed by a physical object,an alarm is activated
3. Photocell alarm - an invisible or visible beam is
emitted and when disturbed,it activates an alarm
or mechanical device that opens a door or lift
movable barriers,activated by light.
Security Survey - The detailed check and audit of what an installation or plant does not have in relation to its
protection from hazards.
Security hazards - an act or condition which result in a situation conductive to a breach of the protection system
and the subsequent loss or compromise of defense,information,company secrets,or damage to
property,personnel,or facilities.
Protective Security - measures taken by an installation or unit to protect against sabotage,espionage or subversion
and at the same time provide freedom of action in order to provide the installation or unit with the necessary
flexibility to accomplish its mission.
3 Aspects of Security
1. Physical Security - measures taken to prevent
physical access or entry to an installation.
2. Personnel Security - measures taken to insure
that only authorized personnel have access to
classified documents or information.
3. Document and Information Security
Types of Security
1. Physical Security - the most broad.
2. Industrial Security - security of business
installations and industrial plants.
3. VIP Security - protection of high level officers and
important personnel.
4. Bank Security - security of money and assets
stored or in transit.
5. Hotel Security - security for hotel guest and their
personal belongings and property as well as
properties of the hotel.
6. Document security - protection of vital records
from loss or unauthorized access.
7. Communication Security - measures to prevent or
delay the unauthorized person in gaining
information through communication.
Physical Security
* Protective barrier - is the physical type of security.
* Barrier - any structure or physical device capable
of restricting,deterring,delaying illegal access into
installations.
* Perimeter barrier - a medium or structures which
define the physical limits of an installation or area
to restrict or impede access thereto.Any physical
barrier used to supplement the protection of the
inside perimeter.
* Inside Perimeter - a line of protection adjacent to
the protected area and passing through points of
possible entry into the area.ex. doors and windows
* Outside perimeter - a line of protection but some
what removed from the protected area.ex.fence
Protective Alarms - supplemental physical barriers in a form of sound that cause alarm installed indoors or
outdoors in an installation.
Kinds of Alarms
1. Bill Traps
2. Foot Rail Activator
3. Knee or thigh button
4. Foot button
5. Double squeeze button
Protective Lighting - provide illumination on areas to be secured that adds psychological deterrence.
Types of Locks
1. Lever locks - used in cabinets,drawers,safe
deposit box.
2. Disc-Tumble Locks - used in car doors.
3. Warded Locks - offer little security,used only to
provide privacy.
4. Combination Locks
5. Card Operated Locks
6. Electromagnetic Locks
7. Code operated Locks
Types of Keys
1. Master Key - a special key of opening a series
locks.
2. Grand Master Key - a key that will open
everything in a system involving two or more
master key groups.
3. Change Key - a key to a single lock within a master
keyed system.
4. Sub Master Key - a key will open all lock with a
particular area or grouping in a given facility.
Protective Cabinets - considered as the third line of defense against unauthorized persons.
Key Control - a system of controlling keys devised and regulated for disposal,storage and withdrawals.
Answer:
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. D
8. A
9. C
10. D
Answer:
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. D
9. B
10. A
Notes: In case of conflict between The Private Security Agency Law (RA No. 5487) and the Implementing
Rules and Regulations
issued by the chief PNP, The Private Security Agency Law shall prevail.
Answer:
1. A
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. D
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. A
Answer:
1. B
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. D
9. D
10. D
1. Agency Guards
2. Company Guards
3. Government Security Guards
Access List – an authenticated list of personnel given to security allowing entry to a compound or installation or a part
thereof.
Clear Zone – the exterior and interior parallel area near the perimeter barrier of an industrial compound to afford better
observation and patrol movement.
Controlled Area – an area near or adjacent to limited or exclusive areas where entry is restricted.
Ducks – in England, an owner to protect his compound used and they are not only effective but cheap to maintain.
Duress Code – a type of code system so that security personnel when forced by armed men intending to enter an
installation can give alarm by the use of certain words in casual conversation with other personnel in the installation.
1. Pilferage
2. Sabotage
3. Arson
Key Control – the management of keys in a plant, office or business organization to prevent unauthorized access.
Main Office – all agencies shall maintain a main office in their registered addresses.
PCSUSIA/SAGSD – the government agency that issues licenses for private and government security guard.
Perimeter Barrier – the first line of physical defense of a building, compound, or comples viewing from the outside.
Peterman – a term used in England for lock pickers, safe crackers and penetrators of restricted/prohibited areas.
Private Detective – any person who does detective work for hire, reward or commission other than members of the
PNP, NBI, AFP, BJMP and other law enforcement agency of the government.
Relative Criticality of Operation – the importance of an establishment with reference to the national economy and
security.
Relative Vulnerability – the susceptability of a plant or establishment to damage, loss, or destruction of operation due to
various hazards.
Safe – a metallic container used for the safekeeping of documents or other small items in an office or installation.
Security Guard – one who is a holder of a security guard license duly issued by the PNP
1. Filipino Citizen
2. High School Graduate
3. Physically and Mentally Fit
4. At least 18 yrs. Old but not more than 50 yrs. Old
5. Has undergone pre-licensing training course
6. Must not possess any of the disqualification for operator or manager.
Security Service Contract – agreement/contract between the agency and client stipulating among other things the money
to be paid by the client and salary of individual security guard.
Security Survey – also known as security audit, risk assessment, and vulnerability assessment.
Top Guard – this is an additional outwardly inclined structure usually barbed wires placed above a vertical fence to
increase physical protection from intruders of a certain area.
Vault – a heavily constructed container usually part of a building structure used for keeping and protecting cash and
documents.
Victimology – a special study concerned with what makes an individual a victim of crime.
12. In the civil service system, merit and fitness are the primary
considerations in the
A. two-party system
B. evaluation system
C. promotional system
D. spoils system Answer: C
22. The term used for the object of surveillance is a subject while
the investigator conducting the surveillance is:
A.rabbit
B.surveillant
C.traffic enforcement
D.patrol Answer: A
27. You are the Patrol Supervisor for the morning shift. You don’t
have enough men to cover all the patrol beats. Which of the
following will you implement?
A. assign roving mobile patrol with no foot patrol
B. assign mobile patrols only in strategic places
C. maintain your patrolmen at the station and just wait
for calls for police assistance
D. assign foot patrol in congested and busy patrol beats
but assign a roving mobile patrol to cover beats which
are not covered by foot patrol Answer: B
29. Which of the following is the most common reason why informer
can give information to the police?
A.wants to be known to the policeman
B.monetary reward
C.as a good citizen
D.revenge Answer: B
32. Those who are charged with the actual fulfillment of the
agency’s mission are ________.
A. staff
B. supervision
C. management
D. line Answer: D
34. Small alley like those in the squatters area of Tondo can be
best penetrated by the police through:
A. foot patrol
B. mobile patrol
C. highway patrol
D. helicopter patrol Answer: A
40. This patrol method utilizes disguise, deception and lying in wait
rather than upon high-visibility patrol techniques.
A. low-visibility patrol
B. directed deterrent patrol
C. decoy patrol
D. high-visibility patrol Answer: A
41. It enforces all traffic laws and regulations to ensure the safety
of motorists and pedestrians and attain an orderly traffic.
A. Civil Relations Unit
B. Traffic Operations Center
C. Traffic Management Command
D. Aviation Security Command Answer: C
54. Going east while foot patrolling and turning right after reaching
the end of your beat and turning right after reaching the other
end of the road and again turning right until you completed
the cycle by reaching back to your origin of patrolling.What
patrol pattern have you applied?
A. clockwise
B. straightway
C. counter clockwise
D. free-wheeling Answer: A
55. Which theory of patrol state that police visibility increases the
opportunity to apprehend criminals by soothing them and letting
them believe that their crimes will not be detected?
A. low profile theory
B. high visibility
C. theory of omnipresence
D. team policing Answer: A
56. Without air force capability, patrol operation that covers large
park areas, grassy fields or wooded areas requires the use of
A. bike patrol
B. horse patrol
C. marine patrol
D. helicopter patrol Answer: B
62. Which of the following words has the same meaning as the
word credibility?
A. ability
B. capacity
C. believability
D. vulnerability Answer: C
64. All but one are the primarily line operation in police organization
A. patrol
B. records
C. investigation
D. traffic Answer: C
65. Criminals can hear the sound of the helicopter coming and so
element of surprise is lost which is one of the ________
of air patrol:
A. advantages
B. features
C. disadvantages
D. import Answer: C
72. What is the optional retirement for officers and new officers of
the police service?
A. 15 years
B. 25 years
C. 30 years
D. 20 years Answer: D
73. Governors and mayors, upon having been elected and having
qualified as such,are automatically deputized as representatives
of the
A. NAPOLCOM
B. DND
C. PLEB
D. none of these Answer: A
80. This term refers to the period when a police officer is actively
engaged in the performance of his duty.
A. off duty
B. off limits
C. on call
D. on duty Answer: D
83. In the history of our police force, who was the first Director
General of the Philippine National Police (PNP)?
A. Gen. Cesar Nazareno
B. Gen. Raul Imperial
C. Gen. Umberto Rodriquez
D. Gen. Recaredo Sarmiento Answer: A
85. Under the law,the city/municipal jail warden should have a rank
of __.
A. Inspector
B. Chef Inspector
C. Senior Inspector
D. Superintendent Answer: C
88. The required rank for the head of the Fire Bureau.
A. Chief Superintendent
B. Director General
C. Director
D. Deputy Director General Answer: C
89. It exercise supervision and control over all city and municipal
jails.
A. BJMP
B. Bureau of Prisons
C. Department of Justice
D. Local Government Answer: A
94. The head of a local peace and order council is the __.
A. judge
B. chief of police
C. mayor
D. governor Answer: C
97. One of the following exercises control and supervision over the
PNP units during elections.
A. NBI
B. Ombusdman
C. COMELEC
D. DILG Answer: C
98. The number of eligible for which the Regional Director may
recommend for Provincial Director to the governor is __.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 4 Answer: B
111. The exterior and interior parallel area near the perimeter
barrier of an industrial compound to afford better observation
and patrol movement is known as
A. Protective zone
B. Clear zone
C. Twilight zone
D. Patrol lane zone Answer: B
113. The government agency that issues licenses for private and
government security guard is
A. PNP SOSIA
B. Mayors office
C. PNP FEO
D. PNP SAGSD Answer: D
118. Whether to put up its own security guard organic to the firm
or hire contractual agency guards have their individual merits
and disadvantages.To determine which type of guarding
system an industrial firm will require management must consult
A. A security consultant not connected to or owning a
security agency
B. A military intelligence officer
C. A police officer
D. A security agency owner Answer: A
137. One who steals due to his inability to resist the unexpected
opportunity and has little fear of detection.
A. Systematic
B. Outsider
C. Casual
D. Insider Answer: C
149. Steal or plastic pipes located in the building from the lowest
to the top floor with water under pressure for use in case of
fire.
A. Lowering pipe
B. Wet pipe
C. Top pipe
D. Stand pipe Answer: D
169. How many firearms issued for every two guards employed by
the security agency is allowed by law?
A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1 Answer: D
189. One who steals with pre conceived plans and takes always
any or all types of items or supplies for economic gain.
A. Casual pilferage
B. Systematic pilferage
C. Pilferage
D. None of the above Answer: B
190. What date is the Republic Act No. 5487 or the private security
agency law passed?
A. June 13, 1999
B. June 13, 1969
C. June 7, 2009
D. June 31, 1969 Answer: B
199. Company owned alarm system with a unit in the nearest police
station so that in case of need, direct call is possible.
A. Auxiliary alarm
B. Proprietary system
C. Local alarm system
D. Central station station system Answer: A