Duterte signs law modifying PNP rank classification
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that modifies the rank classification in the Philippine National Police and standardizes how law enforcers are being called.The Palace has yet to release a copy of the law whose signing was confirmed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Thursday.
The law amended Section 28 of Republic Act 6975 or the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990.
Under the law, the PNP rank classification shall be as follows:
Director-General to Police General
Deputy Director-General to Police Lieutenant General
Director to Police Major General
Chief Superintendent to Police Brigadier General
Senior Superintendent to Police Colonel
Superintendent to Police Lieutenant Colonel
Chief Inspector to Police Major
Senior Inspector to Police Captain
Inspector to Police Lieutenant
SPO4 to Police Executive Master Sergeant
SPO3 to Police Chief Master Sergeant
SPO2 to Police Senior Master Sergeant
SPO1 to Police Master Sergeant
PO3 to Police Staff Sergeant
PO2 to Police Corporal
PO1 to Patrolman/Patrolwoman
Senator Panfilo Lacson earlier said the measure is geared towards the collective pursuit of eliminating confusion on how law enforcers must be addressed and, ultimately bringing policemen closer to the populace.
Lacson served as PNP chief from 1999 to 2001. — Virgil Lopez/RSJ, GMA News
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