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From director general to general: Dela Rosa backs return of old police ranks

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Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News

MANILA - The head of the Philippine National Police on Monday expressed support for a proposal to bring back its old rank classification, which will make it the same as that of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.&quot;Matagal na namin gustong baguhin yan. Hindi ba pati kayo nalilito na rin minsan? Ang ating mga mamamayan, confused pa rin sa pagtawag sa mga official natin,&quot; PNP chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa told reporters.(We have long been proposing to change that. Don&#x27;t you also get confused sometimes with the ranks? Our citizens are confused, too, about what to call our officials.)The House of Representatives last week approved on second reading a <a href="http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=10603">proposed law</a> for the return of the old police ranks.Dela Rosa said that modifying the police rank classification to follow that of the military will not affect their civilian character.&quot;What&#x27;s in a name? Terminology lang &#x27;yan,&quot; he said.Republic Act 6975 or the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 reclassifies the rank classification of the members of the PNP as follows:Director GeneralDeputy Director GeneralDirectorChief SuperintendentSenior SuperintendentSuperintendentChief InspectorSenior InspectorInspectorSenior Police Officer IVSenior Police Officer IIISenior Police Officer IISenior Police Officer IPolice Officer IIIPolice Officer IIPolice Officer I

The head of the Philippine National Police on Monday expressed support for a proposal to bring back its old rank classification, which will make it the same as that of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

The head of the Philippine National Police on Monday expressed support for a proposal to bring back its old rank classification, which will make it the same as that of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

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From director general to general: Dela Rosa backs return of old police ranks

Bianca Dava,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 02, 2018 12:26 PM PHT

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