Law Enforcement 1 Notes

• Act 3815 is an act revising the penal code and other penal laws.
• Act no 3815 is also known as the Revised Penal Code
• Words used for Penalties found in the Revised Penal Code originated from Spanish Era like Arresto Menor and Prision Correcional.
• Arresto menor has a duration of one day to thirty days.
• Arresto mayor is a penalty with a duration of thirty days and one day to six months.
• Prision correcional is a penalty with a duration of six months and one day to six years.
• Prision mayor is a penalty with a duration of six years and one day to twelve years.
• Reclusion temporal is a penalty with a duration of twelve years and one day to twenty years.
• Reclusion perpetua is a penalty with a duration of twenty years and one day to forty years.
• Life imprisonment is a penalty covered by Special Penal Laws
• The Guardia Civil is a military force charged with police duties during the Spanish Colonization.
• During the American Regime, the Philippine Constabulary was organized, the first insular police force in the country manned mostly by Filipinos but most officers were Americans.
• Captain Henry Allen was the first chief of the Philippine Constabulary.
• Brigadier General Rafael Crame was appointed as the first Filipino Chief of the Philippine Constabulary on 1917.
• Police Departments originated from the American Regime
• During the Japanese Occupation, the Japanese Military Force known as Kempetai took over the Manila Police.
• Republic Act No. 6975 is an ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE UNDER A REORGANIZED DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
• The Philippine Public Safety College was handled by the Philippine National Police Academy but was then replaced by the Philippine National Police.
• Republic Act 11200 is an act providing for the Rank Classification in the Philippine National Police.
• The compulsory retirement age for uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police is 56 years old.
• The age eligibility of the PNP is from 21 to 30 years of age.
• Attrition is a disciplinary mechanism that does not allow a police officer to be promoted.
• Police as noun 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 as a verb is to protect lives and property, ensure public safety, and maintain peace and order.
• Organization is a group of people with similar goal and objective.
• Objective is specific and short term.
• Goal is a more general statement describing the long-term outcome.
• Police Organization is a structured group of highly trained personnel dealt with achieving its goals and objectives.
• The objectives of police organization is to attain solution and conviction of law violators, attain effectiveness of law enforcement and efficiency of law enforcers, attain low crime rate, and attain protection of lives and property.
• Administration is the determination of objectives and major policies at an organization.
• Police administration is the study of process and condition on law enforcement as pillar of the Criminal Justice System.
• Politeia is a greek word that meant government of a city or group of civil officers governing the city.
• Civil means ordinary citizen.
• Politia came from the romans
• Praetorian Guards or Centurion are romans who are abled-body also known as guardians of peace.
• The term "Police" first came from the French which actually authorized people who actually enforce the law.
• The English (England) borrowed the word Police from the french
• Criminology is a word that came from the latin word Crimen and Greek word Logia.
• The Filipino's made the term Pulis
• Anglo-Saxon pertains to ancient England.