AN ACT STRENGTHENING AND REORGANIZING THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

UNIT OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE OR THE PNP-HPG AND PROVIDING

FUNDS THEROF.
Sec.1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “Highway Patrol Group Law”
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to promote peace
and order, ensure public safety and further strengthen traffic laws, regulations and ordinances
aimed towards its effective enforcement.
Sec. 3. The Highway Patrol Group. To carry out the policies and purposes of this Act, the
Highway Patrol Group is hereby strengthened and reorganized under the Philippine National
Police, hereinafter referred to as the HPG.
Sec. 4. Powers and Functions of the HPG. – In furtherance of the objectives of this Act, the
Highway Patrol Group shall exercise the powers and functions of the Highway Patrol Group in
addition to the powers and functions as herein provided.
Sec. 5. Offices. The Highway Patrol Group shall establish, operate and maintain a city, municipal
and regional office in each city, municipality and administrative regions of the country to enforce
traffic laws, regulations and ordinances.
Sec. 6. Composition. Subject to the limitations provided for in this Act, the Highway Patrol
Group, hereinafter referred to as the HPG, shall consists of the members of the police forces.
Anyone who has any pending administrative or criminal case or has been adjudged liable or
convicted of any crime pending appeal shall be allowed to join the HPG provisionally without
prejudice to final judgment by a body of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 7. Powers and Functions. The HPG shall have the following powers and functions:
(a) To enforce the traffic laws, regulations and ordinances,
(b) To promote safety consciousness through inter-agency cooperation concerning Police
Traffic Safety Education and Traffic Law enforcement functions,
(c) To perform Traffic stop,
(d) To respond to a call involving criminal activity and find the suspect vehicle,
(e) and develops reforms in the crime prevention aspect against all forms of lawlessness
committed along National Highway involving the use of motor vehicles.
Sec. 8. Traffic Stop. Traffic stops may be executed upon a violation of traffic laws, regulations
and ordinances and reasonable articulable suspicion that a crime has occurred based on driving
behavior.
1. Before the Traffic Stop, the Officer must;
a. Turn on his body camera
b. Observe a violation/respond to a call involving criminal activity and finds the suspect
vehicle/have a reasonable suspicion
c. Turn on the vehicle light bar and use the Megaphone
 d. Dispatches information over the radio:
 Location
 License plate
 Number of occupants
 Color and type of car
 Unusual and/or suspicious activity

2. During the Stop (Traffic Violation), the Officer must;

a. Approach the violator
b. Communicate with the violator
c. Maintains sight of the violator’s hands
d. Looks for weapons or contraband in plain view
e. Obtain License and Registration
f. Runs the information in the database
2a. During a Stop (Felony or warrant), the Officer must;
a. Must tell the driver of the vehicle to step out of the vehicle,
b. The Violator must face backward the officer,
c. Pat down the violator, and
d. Read his rights and he must be handcuffed.

3. After the Traffic Stop

a. If violated Traffic laws, regulations and ordinances, the officer must write a ticket.
b. If the officer discovers a warrant of arrest and was confirm by the dispatch, the officer
must arrest the person and take the violator in jail. When the violator resist to be
arrested, the HPG officer, being a police officer, can use any form of force on the
violator.
c. In case of felony, the vehicle must be seized and impounded
Sec. 9. Officer and Violator Communication. The HPG officer and the violator must
communicate with each other in a respectful manner.
When the Violator communicates with the HPG officer in a disrespectful manner, the
HPG officer can issue a ticket for disrespecting officer in uniform.
Sec. 10. Violator Resistance. When the HPG officer asks for identification and other related
vehicle document the violator must give it immediately. When the violator resist to give his/her
identification and other related vehicle document the HPG officer can issue a ticket for resisting.
Sec. 11. Manning Levels. The manning levels of the HPG shall be approximately in accordance
with a police-to-population ratio of one (1) policeman for every five hundred (500) persons. The
actual strength by cities and municipalities shall depend on the state of peace and order,
population density and actual demands of the service in the particular area: Provided, That the
minimum police-to-population ratio shall not be less than one (1) policeman for every one
thousand (1,000) persons: Provided, further, that urban areas shall have a higher minimum
police-to-population ratio as may be prescribed by regulations.
Sec. 12. Positions. The Highway Patrol Group shall retain the ranking positions of officers.
For the Purpose of this act:
The heads of the municipality or city offices with the rank of Police Major.
Sec. 13. Patrol. The Highway Patrol Group shall conduct patrols once in every hour of the day.
A patrol car shall consist of two (2) officers.
Sec. 14. Highway Patrol Group Visibility. The Highway Patrol Group shall be visible at all
times. The Highway Patrol Group can station in any place provided that no obstruction is made.
Sec. 15. Database. The Highway Patrol Group shall coordinate with the Land Transportation
Office. The LTO shall provide the data regarding vehicles registration and Driver’s license.
Sec. 16. Equipment. The Highway Patrol Group shall be well equipped with high-tech
equipment for efficient and effective enforcement of traffic laws.
Sec. 17. Funding. – For purpose of organizing and constituting the Department, and for carrying
out the provisions of this Act, the appropriations of the abolished, transferred or reconstituted
offices for the current fiscal year shall be transferred to the Department. Thereafter, such as may
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.
Sec. 18. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – Within ninety (90) days the Department of
Interior and Local Government shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to ensure the
effective implementation of this Act.
Sec. 19. Separability Clause. – If any portion or provision of this Act is declared
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other provisions not
affected thereby.
Sec. 20. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, and other
issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act hereby repealed, amended or
modified accordingly.
Sec. 21. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication
in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

- Equipment (Proposal)
 Patrol Car (with all necessary modifications as that of PNP cars)
 Motorcycle
 Body Camera
 Taser
 Police Baton
 Computer (Inside Patrol Car)
 Police Radio
 Megaphone
 Police Dispatch Equipment
 Ticket
 Handcuffs
 Hand Gun
 Shot Gun/Rifle