2. HISTORY
The Philippine National Police Academy
-or PNPA, is the Philippine public safety school of
the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of
Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and
the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). PNPA was
established on August 26, 1977 by the virtue of
Section 19, PD 1184 and was tasked to provide
tertiary level education to the three (3) services
of the Department of Interior and Local
Government.
3. CREATION OF THE ACADEMY
Thus, the police, fire and jail services were unified into a single, paramilitary
organization and the responsibility of training INP personnel was transferred
from the National Police Commission on July 1, 1976 to the Integrated National
Police Training Command including the 13 regional training centers throughout
the country as mandated by Presidential Decree (PD) 765, signed by then
President Ferdinand Marcos.
Presidential Decree (PD) 765 was only a beginning. On August 26, 1977, PD
1184 otherwise known as the “INP Personnel Professionalization Law of 1977”,
proposed for the creation of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA).
Immediately after the promulgation of PD 1184, the then chief of Constabulary
and concurrently Director General of the Integrated National Police, Major
General Fidel V. Ramos (later the President of the Philippines) created a study
committee to prepare the corresponding feasibility study and all other
prerequisites for the activation of the envisioned PNPA based on PD 1184.
Section 19 of said decree provided that “there shall be established in the
Integrated National Police a premiere police service training institution to be
known as the Philippine National Police Academy for the education and training
of the members of the INP.”
4. CURRICULUM
Police, Jail and Fire Officer candidates attend
a 4-year tertiary education course, allowing
them to earn a Bachelor of Science Degree
Major in Public Safety. Graduating cadets are
then commissioned as Inspectors, equivalent
to a Military First Lieutenant or Lieutenant
Junior Grade, in the tri-services of the DILG.
5. PHASES OF CADETSHIP
The Sheep, also known as the plebes or
the Fourth Class Cadets, are the newest
members of the Cadet Corps who are
received during the Reception Rites of
the academy. After received by the
Upperclassmen Corps, these plebes will
undergo the forty-five days Breaking
Period, a rigorous training of orienting
the newest member of the corps of all
traditions and culture practiced inside the
academy.
6. The Shearer or the Third Class men are the
cadets who already received the Recognition
Rites having direct supervision to the plebes
after their Breaking Period. PNPA academics
starts mostly in the month of June after the
Incorporation Rites of the plebes. The span of
almost 7–9 months from Incorporation to
Recognition Rites of their plebes is the most
crucial time of playing the most crucial role as a
Third Class men being the direct responsible of
leading them.
7. The Steward or the Second Class men is a
preparatory phase of being a "Shepherd".
Most of the time of Second Class Cadets are
concentrated in their academics but at the
same time should have control to
the Shearers.
8. The Shepherd or the First Class men are the
most seniors in the cadet corps. The Ruling
Class is the existing most senior class of the
year having members who are candidates for
graduation. First Classmen are the overseers of
the Cadet Corps composed of Cadet Officers,
Cadet-In-Charge of Clubs and Organization,
and Squad Leaders. They had been chosen by
the Outgoing Cadet Officers from the pool of
Steward aspirants couple of months before
graduation.
9. FOUR (4) SIGNIFICANT RITES
The four significant rites a Cadet/Cadette should undergo are as follows:
Reception Rites A time-honored tradition for welcoming the chosen few who
heeded the call. It is an initiation of the ultimate kind, an ordeal that put into
severe test the ambitious' worth and determination. Needless to say, it is a
foretaste of the regimental life that lies ahead.
Incorporation Rites After the 45-day orientation into the cadetship training
termed as “breaking period,” the rites formally incorporates the new cadets into
the activities of the Cadet Corps. The new cadets will now live with their
upperclassmen as brothers and sisters in their respective assigned companies.
Recognition Rites That simple yet long-awaited, hard-earned and earnestly
yearned handshake. To a mammal dwelling in the dim world of plebehood, no
experience is far more excellent and glorious than that of clasping with the
hands of the immaculate. Recognition is a status. It signifies refinement.
Graduation Rites There is no greater victory than to achieve the heights of the
Graduation Day. Marking the end of trials and the renaissance of a new life
outside the Academy walls… a real image of grandeur realizing cadet's ideals
and standing as a role model that sets him apart from the rest, he, being born for
greater things honed by honor, discipline and excellence.
