Police to recruit professionals

The National Police Commission (Napolcom) has authorized the recruitment of professionals with highly technical qualifications for lateral entry into the police service.

Napolcom Vice-Chairman and Executive Officer Rogelio Casurao said the commission en banc approved Resolution No. 2017-229 dated May 31, 2017 granting the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) the authority to fill up 545 vacancies for the ranks of Police Senior Inspector and Police Inspector under the PNP CY 2017 Lateral Entry Program.

"The PNP Lateral Entry Pro- gram is aimed at strengthening the corps of technical service officers in the police service," Casurao said in a statement on Tuesday.

Out of the 545 vacancies in the various technical services of the PNP, 182 are for Police Senior Inspector (equivalent to Captain in the military) and 363 are for Police Inspector (equivalent to Lieutenant).

The quota distribution for Police Senior Inspector is broken down as 100 lawyers, 48 medical doctors and 34 priests, imams or pastors.

For the rank of Police Inspector, the PNP needs 85 registered nurses, 50 psychologists, 54 dentists, 50 fo- rensic chemist/chemical engineers, 50 criminologists, 18 electronics and communications engineers, 40 information technology specialists, 11 civil engineers, three electrical engineers and two architects.

"The chief of Office or Unit and the members of the Lateral Entry Board and the screening and selection committee, including the head and members of the secretariat, who shall fail to strictly observe and comply with the rules and procedures on appointment of police personnel shall be dealt with under existing rules and regulations," Casurao added.