166 professionals join PNP as commissioned officers

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has hired 166 professionals as commissioned officers.

PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos administered the oath-taking and donning of ranks to the officers at Camp Crame in Quezon City on Monday.

Carlos called on the new PNP officers to uphold the people’s welfare over their personal interest.

“Be the embodiment of honor, accountability and integrity because as a public officers, we owe it to them and to the country,” Carlos said.

The officers, who were hired under the PNP’s lateral entry program, are composed of three technical officers and 163 line officers.

One of them is a doctor who was appointed to the rank of captain with a monthly salary of P56,582.

The other officers include a nurse, a nutritionist and technical service and line officers. They entered the police force as lieutenants with a monthly salary of P49,528.

They will join the Special Action Force, Police Regional Office 13, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region Police Office and the PNP Health Service for a six-month public safety basic officers’ course before they report for duty to their mother units.

Carlos vowed to eliminate what he described as undue third party interference in the recruitment and selection process in the PNP.