REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES EDITED AT THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, UNDER COMMUNWEALTH AST NO. ERRATA Correction of the National Subtitles and Deeds Registration Administration in the publication of a notice of initial hearing on Land Reg. Case No. B-156, LRC Record No. N-56466, EMMANUEL C. HERMO, applicant of the Regional Trial Court of Bulacan, appearing in the issue of November 9, 1981, Volume 77, No. 45, page 6024 of the Official Gazette, to wit: That the correct bearings along line 4-5 of Lot 955, Ap-04-002732 is N. 69 deg. 13'W., instead of N. 68 deg. 18'W., as published. MGA KAUTUSANG TAGAPAGPAGANAP, PAHAYAG AT (EXECUTIVE ORDERS, PROCLAMATIONS AND RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 1012 PROVIDING MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE ADMI- WHEREAS, Article XV, Section 12, of the Constitution · provides that "(t) he State shall establish and maintain an Integrated National Police Force whose organization, administration and operation shall be provided by law"; WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 765 established and constituted the Integrated National Police, composed of the Philippine Constabulary as the nucleus and the integrated police forces established under Presidential Decree Nos. 421, 482, 531, 585 and 641 as components, under the Ministry of National Defense; WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1162 provided for supervisory authority of local executives over certain units of the Integrated National Police; WHEREAS, the present set-up has not been very effective and responsive as a measure to deter the presence of communist and other subversive elements in certain local areas and the resultant deterioration of peace and order therein; WHEREAS, local executives, while invariably being held responsible for the maintenance of peace and order within. their respective localities, have no authority over the employment and deployment of local police officers; WHEREAS, to strengthen the counter-insurgency program, there is a need to transfer the operational supervision and direction over units of the Integrated National Police Force to local executive and to strengthen the structure of the Civilian Home Defense Forces; WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416, as amended, the President of the Philippines is empowered and authorized to undertake such organizational and related changes in the Government set-up as may be apropriate and responsive to new developments; 027761 20 178AA XLI 05/93 02-013-01 26098 NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and by law, particularly Presidential Decree No. 1416, as amended, do hereby order: PART I. OPERATIONAL SUPERVISION AND SECTION 1. The provisions of special or general laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the operational supervision and direction exercised by the Philippine Constabulary over all units of the Integrated National Police (INP) force stationed or assigned in the different cities and municipalities all over the country, is hereby transferred to the city or municipal governments concerned, until further orders from the President of the Philippines. The term "Operational Supervision and Direction" shall be as defined in Section 1 (e) of Presidential Decree No. 1162. Whenever the power of operational supervision and direction is abused, such that the effectiveness of the overall peace and order campaign is negated, the President of the Philippines motu proprio, or upon recommendation of the Provincial Commander/Provincial Jolice Superintendent with the concurrence of the Regional Unified Commander, may terminate the authority of the local executive (s) to exercise operation supervision and direction over units of the Integrated National Police, whenever in the judgment of the President the exigencies so require. In accordance with Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 1162, the Provincial Governors, City Mayors and Municipal Mayors shall have the power to exercise general supervision over units and elements of the INP stationed or assigned in their respective jurisdictions, and shall accordingly exercise the powers an authorities provided for in Section 1(d) of said Presidential Decree No. 1162. SEC. 2. All Provincial Governors, in coordination with the corresponding Provincial Commanders/Provincial Police Superintendents, shall conduct an inventory of all policemen members of the Integrated National Police in each municipality and component city within the province for the purpose, among others, of determining the actual number and the respective municipal or city residences of such policemen. In highly urbanized cities, such inventory shall be undertaken by the City Mayors in coordination with the INP Commanders in such cities. The term "policemen members" of the INP shall be interpreted to mean the members of the local police forces which were made a component of the INP as established by Presidential Decree Nos. 421, 482, 531, 585 and 641, including subsequent appointees to said police forces. SEC. 3. After completion of the inventory, the Provincial Commander/Provincial Police Superintendent, in coordination with the Provincial Governor and the Municipal and City Mayors, shall reassign and redistribute the policemen members of the INP to the various municipalities and component cities in the province according to the following criteria: (a) Number of population; (b) Peace and order situation; and As required by the service, policemen members of the INP shall be assigned to the municipality or city of their residence. Should this action result in a depletion of the desired number of the police force in any particular municipality or city based on the foregoing criteria, the said police force shall be augmented by assigning thereto such number of policemen who are residents of other municipalities and cities within the province as may be necessary. SEC. 4. Once the reassignments herein required are in place, no further reassignment or detail of policemen outside their respective towns or cities of residence shall be made without the approval of the Municipal or City Mayor concerned. No appointment of new policemen in any municipality or city shall be made, except upon the recommendation of the Municipal or City Mayor therein. The new appointees shall, as a general rule, be residents of the city or municipality to where they are assigned or stationed. SEC. 5. If, subsequent to the initial reassignment and and redistribution of policemen members of the INP pursuant to the foregoing provisions, there should be a need under prevailing circumstances to augment the police force in any municipality or city in the province, such augmentation may be done either by reassignment of policemen who are residents of other municipalities and cities within the province in consultation with the local executives concerned, or by new appointments subject to the recommendation of the Municipal or City Mayor concerned. SEC. 6. The reassignment by the Provincial Commander/ Provincial Police Superintendent of members of the police force as envisioned in Sections 3 and 4 above to municipalities and cities in the province other than their places of residence, shall be done on rotation basis and in consultation with the local executives concerned. SEC. 7. In case of conflict between the local executive and the INP Station Commander arising from the implementation of this Order, particularly with respect to normal police operations, the stand of the local executive |