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PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY

HistoryThePhilippine National Police Academy-or PNPA, is thePhilippinepublic safety schoolof thePhilippine National Police(PNP),Bureau of Jail Management and Penology(BJMP) and theBureau 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 theDepartment of Interior and Local Government.

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 PresidentFerdinand 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.

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 MilitaryFirst LieutenantorLieutenant Junior Grade, in the tri-services of the DILG.

Phases of Cadetship

TheSheep, also known as theplebesor 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.

TheSheareror 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 79 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.

TheStewardor 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 theShearers.

TheShepherdor 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.

Four (4) Significant Rites

The four significant rites a Cadet/Cadette should undergo are as follows:Reception RitesA 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 RitesAfter 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 RitesThat 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 RitesThere 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.

Pnpa commencement exercises

The class valedictorian shall receive the presidential kampilan for graduating number 1

The pnpa shaku that every cadet is aspiring to wear. It signifies their hard work In training.

PNPA Promotional video

to learn today, to lead tomorrow.

referenceswww.pnpa.edu.ph/historywww.wikipedia.comPNPA Promotional Video Lakandula Class of 2015 (www.youtube.com)