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The '''Philippine Constabulary''' or PC, was the national [[police]] force of the [[Philippines]] and was organized in [[1901]] By the United States appointed administrative authority. Under the [[National Defense Act of 1935]] promogulated by Gereral Douglas MacArthur (then [[Commander in chief]] of the Phillipine military), this force became the backbone of the [[Philippine Regular Army]] but was later re-established after World War Two and was known as both the Phillipine Constabulary and as the Military Police Command. It consisted of soldiers trained in police duties who had a nationwide jurisdiction. They Patrolled the Highways and guarded government buildings and performed regular police functions in rural and remote areas, they maintained a Boat Service to patrol the extensive waters of the Phillipines, crime and forensic labs and a national level Constabulary Investigations Service which acted as an [[FBI]] for the Phillipines (the National Burea of Investigations was formed later). The Commandant was also the Chief of the Integrated National Police (the municipal police force for the larger towns and cities). The PC was organized similar to the army and consisted of a General Staff located at its Camp Crane, Manila General Headquarters, and 12 Regional Commands consisting of 104 Provincial Commands which controlled the 450 Constabulary companies which performed all the day-to-day police work. The Regions were based on the country"s political regions and directly controlled the varios Highway Patrol, Rangers* and Investigative groups. PC headquarters directly controlled many other services neeeded at a national level such as the Special Action Group, Central Crime Lab, White Collar Crime Group and the Office of Special Investigations which was a counter intellingence group. |
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The '''Philippine Constabulary''' was the national [[police]] force of the [[Philippines]] and was organized in [[1901]]. Under the [[National Defense Act of 1935]], this force became the backbone of the [[Philippine Regular Army]]. |
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After the fall of the Marcos regime in the 1980s it was determined that a new Phillipine National police was to be formed by merging the Intergrated National Police and the Phillipine Constabulary with the PC forming the basis as it had the most developed infrastructure. The PC was then removed from the Ministry of Defense and eventually civilianised through attrittion and recruitment of new personnel. |
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The Phillipine Rangers were a counter-insurgency force similar to United States Army Rangers and were organized into 12 large regional companies. |
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Revision as of 12:28, 16 July 2004
The Philippine Constabulary or PC, was the national police force of the Philippines and was organized in 1901 By the United States appointed administrative authority. Under the National Defense Act of 1935 promogulated by Gereral Douglas MacArthur (then Commander in chief of the Phillipine military), this force became the backbone of the Philippine Regular Army but was later re-established after World War Two and was known as both the Phillipine Constabulary and as the Military Police Command. It consisted of soldiers trained in police duties who had a nationwide jurisdiction. They Patrolled the Highways and guarded government buildings and performed regular police functions in rural and remote areas, they maintained a Boat Service to patrol the extensive waters of the Phillipines, crime and forensic labs and a national level Constabulary Investigations Service which acted as an FBI for the Phillipines (the National Burea of Investigations was formed later). The Commandant was also the Chief of the Integrated National Police (the municipal police force for the larger towns and cities). The PC was organized similar to the army and consisted of a General Staff located at its Camp Crane, Manila General Headquarters, and 12 Regional Commands consisting of 104 Provincial Commands which controlled the 450 Constabulary companies which performed all the day-to-day police work. The Regions were based on the country"s political regions and directly controlled the varios Highway Patrol, Rangers* and Investigative groups. PC headquarters directly controlled many other services neeeded at a national level such as the Special Action Group, Central Crime Lab, White Collar Crime Group and the Office of Special Investigations which was a counter intellingence group.
After the fall of the Marcos regime in the 1980s it was determined that a new Phillipine National police was to be formed by merging the Intergrated National Police and the Phillipine Constabulary with the PC forming the basis as it had the most developed infrastructure. The PC was then removed from the Ministry of Defense and eventually civilianised through attrittion and recruitment of new personnel.
The Phillipine Rangers were a counter-insurgency force similar to United States Army Rangers and were organized into 12 large regional companies. See also: