A total of 166 licensed professionals formally took their oaths as commissioned officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) at Camp Crame on Monday under the 2021 Lateral Entry Program aimed at recruiting more technical service officers.
PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos administered the oath-taking, donning, and pinning of rank insignias to the newly appointed police commissioned officers (NAPCOs).
One doctor was appointed to the initial rank of Captain with a basic monthly salary of PHP56,582.00.
The rest, composed of a nurse, nutritionist, and technical service and line officers were appointed Lieutenant with a basic monthly salary of PHP49,528.00, allowances, and other cash and non-cash benefits.
NAPCOs who will join the PNP Special Action Force, Police Regional Offices 13, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, and Health Service will undergo the six-month Public Safety Basic Officers Course before they report for duty in their mother units.
“Today is another breakthrough in your respective careers because you will be leading our police non-commissioned officers. Thus, you will have to make full use of your leadership skills and professional competence as police commissioned officers. You are now part of the PNP officer corps. As you take your oath today, may you always uphold the public’s welfare over and above personal interest,” Carlos told the new hires.
Carlos also vowed to strictly implement the PNP Comprehensive Online Recruitment Encrypting System and Quick Response Code (Nameless, Faceless Recruitment Process) to streamline frontline service procedures and eliminate undue third-party interference in the recruitment and selection process.
“Let this significant milestone in your respective police careers motivate you to deliver competent and quality services for the benefit of our main clientele — the Filipino people. Be the embodiment of honor, accountability, and integrity because as public officers, we owe it to them and to our country. So goes the dictum: We are primarily here to serve, and not to be served,” Carlos said during the ceremony.
The Lateral Entry Program for technical service officers is among the regular sources of commissioned officers in the PNP, aside from the cadetship program in the PNP Academy.
Source: Philippines News Agency
