changed the word slightly to

POLITIA which means

"condition of the state or government"

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which means person who enforced the law

and it was later adopted by the English Language

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A French term which claimed to

be the origin of the

term police officer

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The institution of police in the Philippines formally stated during the Spanish period. The establishment of

the police force was not entirely intended for crime prevention or peacekeeping, rather it was created as an

extension of the

colonial military establishment.

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Organized in 1712 for the purpose of carrying the regulations of the Department of State, this

was armed and considered as the mounted police

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This was a body of rural police organized in each town and established 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

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This was created by a Royal Decree issued by the Crown on 12 February 1852 to partially relieve

the Spanish Peninsular troops of their work in policing towns.

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The Americans established the United States Philippine Commission headed

by General Howard Taft as its first governor-general. On January 9, 1901,

the Metropolitan Police Force of Mania was organized pursuant to Act No .70 of

the Taft Commission. This has become the basis for the celebration of the

anniversary of the Manila’s

Finest every January 9.

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ordered that the Philippine Constabulary be one of the four services of the Armed

Forces of the Philippines, enacted on December 23, 1940

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The act that renamed the Insular Constabulary into Philippine Constabulary enacted

on October 3, 1901

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created the Manila Police Department, enacted on July 31, 1901 Capt. George Curry- the

first chief of police of the Manila Police Department in 1901

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The first chief of the Philippines Constabulary in 1901

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entitled An Act Providing for the Organization and Government of an Insular

Constabulary “_enacted on July 18, 1901

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otherwise known aS the Police Professionalization Act of 1966 enacted on

September 8, 1966, created the Police Commission (POLCOM); later POLCOM was

renamed into

National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM)

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(PC as the nucleus and the integrated local police forces as components, under the Ministry of

National Defence transferred the NAPOLCOM from the Office of the President to the Ministry of

National Defence.

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PD 765- otherwise known as the integrated Act of 1975, enacted on August 8

1975 established the Integrated National police.

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transferred to the city and municipal government the 0perational Supervision and direction over

all INP units assigned within their locality;, issued on July 10, 1985

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transferred the administrative control and supervision of the INVP from the Ministry of National

Defence to the National Police Commission

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Created the National Bureau of investigation, enacted June 19, 1947 and later reorganized by

R.A 2678

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was a Filipino Constabulary officer who

served as Chief of the former Philippine

Constabulary from 1917 until his death in 1927.

Born: 2 October 1863, Malabon

Died: 1 January 1927

Education: Ateneo de Manila University

Place of burial: Heroes' Cemetery

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The first Filipino chief of police of

the Manila Police Department in

1935

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The first chief of police of the Manila Police

Department after the Philippine independence from

the United States of America in 1946

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The first chief of the Philippine National

Police.

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