Republic of the Philippines

Department of the Interiorand Local Government

NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION

Makati City

PNP EXAMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT

The National Police Commission, pursuant to its constitutional mandate to administer and control the
Philippine National Police (PNP), will conduct nationwide the
PNP PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATIONS
for the following categories:
POLICE OFFICER

SENIOR POLICE OFFICER

POLICE INSPECTOR

POLICE SUPERINTENDENT

on

April 25, 2010 and October 24, 2010

The PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATIONS are open exclusively to all qualifred uniformed members of the
PNP who meet the minimum qualification standards for examination in terms of rank and eligibility as provided
herein. Those who pass the promotional examinations shall be conferred eligibilities appropriate for
promotion to the ranks corresponding to the examination's Eligibility Rank Coverage (ERC).
The eligibilities acquired through the Promotional Examinations are those required for promotion of
PNP uniformed personnel, as prescribed under Sec. 30 of Republic Ad No. 6975, as amended by Republic
Act No. 8551.
PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. .,1

DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED.

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I. DATE OF EXAMINATIONS: April 25, 2010 October 24,2010
II. PERIOD OF FlUNG February 1 - March 15, 2010 August 16 - September 30,2010
I ONLY DULYACCOMPLISHED APPLICATION FORM WITH ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FILED I
1,.,1 PERSONALLY AND RECEIVED BY THE NAPOLCOM REGIONAL OFFICE I

ON OR BEFOR.E THE DEADLINE FOR FILING SHALL BE ACCEPTED. I

III. TEST CENTERS

Region 1 San Femando City Region 5 Legazpi City Region 11 Davao City
Region 2 Tuguegarao City Region 6 Iloilo City Region 12 Koronadal City
Region 3 City of San Fernando Region 7 Cebu City CARAGA Butuan City
Region 4A Calamba City Region 8 Tacloban City CAR Baguio City
Region 48 Occidental Mindoro Region 9 zamboanga City NCR Makati City
Region 4B Puerto Princesa City, Palawan Region 10 Cagayan de Oro City
IV. WHAT TO FILE
1. An Application Form (NAPOLCOM Form 1-A) and Index Card, duly accomplished by the applicant
and two (2) recent and identical 1" x 1" ID pictures (in color) with white background and complete
name tag (indicate rank before the first, middle and last names).
2. Police Examination Fees: Four Hundred Pesos (P400.00) for Police Officer exam, Four Hundred
Fifty Pesos (P450.00) for Senior Police Officer exam, Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00) for Police
Inspector exam and Six Hundred Pesos (~OO.OO) for Police Superintendent exam.
NO OTHER FEES SHALL BE COLLECTED.
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3. One (1) legal-size window envelope with nine pesos (P9.00) worth of mailing stamps.
4. Certified True Copy of Attested Appointment, Plantilla Appointment or PNP Absorption Order
5. Report of Rating/Certification issued by the NAPOLCOM CENTRAL OFFICE, CSC Certificate of
Eligibility and/or PRC Board Certificate.
An examinee who fails in an exam or after being admitted to take said exam, fails to take it for one reason or
another, need not resubmit the requirements should he/she apply again for the same exam in the same exam
center. The applicant will only haveto: (a) submitthe ADMISSION SLIP of the last exam applied for; (b) fill out a
new application form and index card with ID pidures; and, (c) pay the examination fee.
V. WHERE TO GET APPLICATION FORMS AND INDEX CARDS
Application Forms (NAPOLCOM Form 1-A) and Index Cards can be obtained for FREE at the
NAPOLCOM National Capital Region (NCR) Office located at Jacinta Building II, #1840 Sta. Rita St.,
Guadalupe Nuevo, EDSA, Makati City, at any NAPOLCOM Regional Office nationwide, or downloaded
from the NAPOLCOM website at www.napolcom.gov.ph. These may also be REPRODUCED using
the original size of the Application Form and Index Card .
VI. HOW TO FILE

An applicant may file hislher application, together with all the required supporting documents,
PERSONALLY at any NAPOLCOM Regional or Provincial Office where he/she intends to take the
examination. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED THRU POSTAL MAIL SHALL NOT BE PROCESSED.

I An applicant is allowed to file only one application for one examination category.

I No applicant who has passed a NAPOLCOM examination shall be allowed to retake the same examination,

I except in cases wherein the eligibility obtained through said examination has been declared

inappropriate/inapplicable by the CSC.

VII. NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINATION

A qualified applicant shall be issued a Notice of Admission on the day he/she files his/her
application for the examination. However, to confirm the status of said application, he/she may verify
from the NAPOLCOM Regional Office where said application was filed, or avail of the TEXT
NAPOLCOM Facility by texting in the following:

NAPOLCOM space EXAMLOC space LAST NAME I FIRST NAME I MIDDLE NAME
and send to:
a) 2256 for Globe and Touchmobile
b) 6808 for Smart and Talk 'n Text
c) 2269 for Sun Cellular

VIII. EXAMINATION COVERAGE

The three-hour examination consists of 200 items. The Police Officer and Senior Police Officer
Examinations have multiple choice items. The Police Inspector and the Police Superintendent
Examinations have multiple choice and essay items. The following constitute the subject coverage:

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. I. General Information

1 PN~prom:tional_J II. Police Administration

PNP PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION COVERAGE:

General Infonnation
• Current Events (national and international events and developments)
• Philippine Constitution
• Philippine History and History of the PNP (Significant Events, People and Places)
• Application of the Philippine Criminal Justice System
• Laws and Jurisprudence (Basic Provisions of RA Nos. 6975, 8551, 9208, 9262,9165,9208,7877,
7438,9344,9372, EO Nos. 209, 227,etc. and RuJes of Court)
• Social Awareness (Environmental and Ecological laws - Clean Air Act and Ecological Waste
Management Act and Issues)
• Grammar Analysis

Administration
• Organizational Structure (Une of Authority)
• Personnel Policies and Procedures
• Disciplinary Machinery
• Complaints and Grievance Procedures (Basic Knowledge)
• Morale and Welfare
• Data Analysis
• Local Chief Executives Powers (vis-a-vis Police)
• NAPOLCOM vis-a-vis Police
• Civil Service Rules and Regulations

Operations
• Line Functions (Traffic, Patrol, Investigation, Intelligence, Special Operations, Police Operational
Procedures, SOCO, CDM and Computer Crimes)
• PNP Master Plans

Values and Ethical Standards

• PNP Code of Ethical Standards / Protocols
• RA 6713 / RA 3019
• Community Relations / Conflict Resolutions
• Human Rights/ Anti-Hazing Law
IX. WHAT TO WEAR ON EXAMINATION DAY

All PNP Promotional examinees are REQUIRED to wear GOA Type KB w (In field cap, no award/medals only
accoutrements) during examinations

X. WHAT TO BRING DURING THE EXAMINATION

1. Notice of Admission
2. Pencil No. 2/ Black ball pen (for essay test)
3. Any valid identification card with picture

WARNING: Firearms should be deposited outside the examination area. Cell phones, pagers or any
two-way radio set, calculators, review materials, explosives, or deadly weapons are strictly prohibited.
Violation of this rule shall disqualify an examinee from taking the examination or shall result to the
nullification of hislher examination.

XI. NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS:

The nationwide list of successful examinees will be posted at the NAPOLCOM Central Office
located at 371 Senator Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City and at the NAPOLCOM website. Similarly, a
regional list will be posted in each of the NAPOLCOM Regional Offices.

For inquiries, examinees may log on to the NAPOLCOM web address at

www.napolcom.gov.ph. To avail of the TEXT NAPOLCOM facility, the examinee must text in the
following:

NAPOLCOM space EXAMRSL T space APPLICATION NO. or

NAPOLCOM space EXAMRSLT space LAST NAME I FIRST NAME I MIDDLE NAME
and send to:
a) 2256 for Globe and Touchmobile
b) 6808 for Smart and Talk 'n Text
c) 2269 for Sun Cellular

Examination results - Report of Rating (RR) will be mailed to the examinee's mailing address.
Verification may also be made with the Examination Division, Personnel and Administrative Service
(PAS), NAPOLCOM Central Office at (02) 899-00-85. An examinee who passed the test but did not
receive hislher RR, may personally request a certification from the same office, upon payment of One
Hundred Fifty Pesos (P150.00). For requests sent through postal mail, payment shall be in money
order form payable to the National Police Commission, # 371 Senator Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati
City, Zip Code 1200.

XII. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

It is understood that all data written by the applicant on the Application Form and Index Card,
including information contained in the required submitted documents are considered TRUE AND
CORRECT and shall be treated as official data. AN APPLICANTS QUALIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT
TO FINAL REVIEW AND VERIFICATION BY THE EXAMINATION DIVISION, PERSONNEL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE (PAS), NAPOLCOM CENTRAL OFFICE. APPLICANTS MAY BE
REQUIRED TO PRESENT ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS, IF DEEMED NECESSARY. IF IT IS
ESTABLISHED THAT THE EXAMINEE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE EXAMINATION, HIS/HER
TEST RESULT SHALL BE CANCELLED /INVALlDATED.

THE NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION HAS A COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT KEEPS TRACK
OF THE ANSWER PATTERNS OF EXAMINEES. IF lWO OR MORE EXAMINEES HAVE A HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF SIMILAR ANSWER PATTERNS. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE INVALIDATION OF
THEIR TEST RESULTS.

ANYONE WHO COMMITS ANY FORM OF EXAMINATION IRREGULARITY, SUCH AS CHEATING,

IMPERSONATION, PERJURY, OR VIOLATION OF EXAMINATION RULES, ETC., SHALL BE DEALT WITH

ADMINISTRATIVELY AND/OR CRIMINALLY. IN ADDITION, HISIHER EXAMINATION RESULTS AND

ELIGIBILITY SHALL BE INVALIDATED.

Confidential reports on examination-related illegal activities may be reported to:

Examination Division, Personnel and Administrative Service

NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION

#371 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City 1200

Telephone No.: (02) 899-00-85

or

ANY NAPOLCOM REGIONAL OFFICE

 MINIMUM QUALIFICATION STANDARD

PNPPROMOTIONALEXA.NATION

EXAMINATION
TITLE (ERC)
RANK REQUIREMENTS
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I a. Latest Attested Appointment, Plantilla
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I I Appointment orAbsorption Order
I b. Report of Rating orCertification of any of the
P01 I following eligibilities:
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i
(Permanent)
I b.1 Testimonial (Board Res. 04/

POLICE OFFICER P02

I NAPOLCOM Res. 91-20/98-037)

iI (For P02 to P03 Ranks) (PermanentfTemporary) b.2 PNP Entrance

b.3 PO 3rd Class
P03 I
! (Temporary) bA PO 11(1991)
b.5 Career Service Professional !
b.6 CSC Police Officer (July 1998 onwards) i
I b.7 RA 108016506

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I b.8 PO 907 !

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I a. Latest Attested Appointment, Plantilla

I! Appointment orAbsorption Order
I b. Report of Rating orCertification of any of the
P01, P02 Il following eligibilities:
(Permanent) I b.1 Police Officer (1998 onwards)

I b.2 PO III1SP01/SP02/SP03 (1991)

I b.3 Career Service Professional

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1: b.4 CSC Police Officer (July 1998 onwards)
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b.5 RA 1080 (except Bar; appointed before
March 2008)
SENIOR POLICE
OFFICER I b.6 RA6506
(For SP01 to SP04Ranks) b.7 PO 907
c. Latest Attested Appointment Plantilla

I
P03
Appointment or Absorption Order

(Permanent)
d. Report of Rating orCertification of any of the
SP01, SP02, SP03 following eligibilities:
(PermanentfTemporary') d.1 Testimonial (Board Res. 04/
NAPOLCOM Res. 91-20/98-037)
SP04
(Terrporsry') d.2 Police Officer (1998 onwards)
d.3PO III1SP01/SP02/SP03 (1991)
dA Career Service Professional
d.5 CSC Police Officer (July 1998 onwards)
d.6 RA 1080/6506

d.7PO 907

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 a. Senior Police Officer (1996 &1998

SP01, SP02, SP03,

onwards)

(Permanent)

b. Latest Attested Appointment, Plantilla

SP04
Appointment orAbsorption Order
(Permanent)
c. Report ofRating or Certification of any of the
POLICE INSPECTOR PI NSP (PermanenVTemporary*) following eligibilities:
(For PINSP to
c.1 Testimonial (Board Res. 04/ MC 96-008)
PSINSP Ranks) PSINSP
(Temporary*) c.2 Senior Police Officer (1996 &1998

onwards)

c.3 SP04/Police Inspector (1991)

c.4 Career Service Professional
c.5 CSC Police Officer (July 1998 onwards)
c.6 RA 1080/6506
c.7 PO 907

a. PO 2nd Class ,
PINSP
(Permanent) b. Police Inspector (1992 onwards)

c. Latest Attested Appointment Plantilla

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Appointment orAbsorption Order

PSINSP
(Permanent) d. Report ofRating or Certification of any of the
following eligibilities:
POLICE SUPERINTENDENT
PCINSP d.1. Testimonial (Board Res. 04/ MC 96-008)
(For PCINSP and (PermanenVTemporary)
PSUPT Ranks) d.2. PO 2nd Class
PSUPT d.3. Police Inspector (1992 onwards)
(Temporary)
d.4. Police Senior Inspector / Chief Inspector
(1991 )
d.5. Career Service Professional
d.6. CSC Police Officer (July 1998 onwards)
d.7. RA 1080/6506
d.8. PO 907

* Temporary forlack ofmandatory training

SPECIAL PROVISIONS:

For purposes of acquiring the appropriate eligibility for the next rank, police officers who are degree holders with
permanent appointments byvirtue of rank adjustment, absorption, and / or testimonial eligibility, are allowed to take the
examination corresponding tothe next higher rank provided that, upon appointment / promotion, they possess all the
requirements forthe rank.

Police Officers I who were appointed in the PNP in permanent status after March 18, 2008 by virtue of RA 1080,
except Bar, and PO 907 are only qualified totake the PO exam.

PNP members who entered the police service before March 18,2008 byvirtue of RA 1080, RA 6506, PO 907 and
CSC Career Service Professional eligibility are already considered eligible for promotion up to the rank of Police
Superintendent. However, they may opt to take the examination corresponding the promotional examination appropriate
totheir present rank.