SECTION 1. Definition of terms.- For purposes of this Decree, the following terms shall mean and be interpreted as hereunder indicated:
a. "Units".-It refers to organized elements of the police, fire or jail personnel of the Integrated National Police.
b. "Employ:.-It refers to the utilization of units or elements of the Integrated National Police for the purpose of protection of lives and properties, enforcement of laws, maintenance of peace and order, prevention of crimes, arrest of criminal offenders, investigation of the commission of crimes and offenses and bringing the offenders to justice, prevention and control of fires, and insuring public safety, particularly in the suppression of disorder, riot, lawless violence, rebelious or seditious conspiracy, insurgency, subversion, or other criminal activities.
c. "Deploy".-It shall mean the orderly and organized physical movement of elements or units of the Integrated National Police within a province, city or municipality for purposes of employment as herein defined.
d. "General Supervision".-It is the power to see to it that the units or elements of the Integrated National Police perform their duties properly according to existing laws and rules, regulations and policies promulgated by competent authority in order that the overall mission of the Integrated National Police in maintaining law and order and insuring public safety in any province, city or municipality shall be effectively achieved. This power of general supervision shall include the following:
(1) The authority to call upon the appropriate Commander or elements of the Integrated National Police to suppress violence or disorder, enforce the law, maintain peace and order, and insure public safety.
(2) The authority to call the local Commander or Officer-in-Charge of the station or unit of the Integrated National Police to meetings and conferencees on matters of public interest;
(3) The authority to require assistance from such station or unit in the interest of general public service, provided the primary missions of said unit are not prejudiced;
(4) The right to be informed by the local Commander or Officer-in-Charge of the station or unit of the peace and order situation in the locality, and the crime prevention and public safety programs being undertaken.
(5) The authority to give appropriate guidance to said local Commander or Officer-in-Charge provided the same does not conflict with the primary missions of their station or unit, and to caution them if they do not perform their duties/missions properly;
(6) The authority to render appropriate reports and recommendations to higher headquarters of the Integrated National Police if after giving such guidance, said elements misbehave or fail to perform their duties in accordance with laws, rules or existing policies; and
(7) The authority to file proper administrative and/or criminal actions in accordance with existing laws and regulations in cases of breaches of discipline and derelictions of duty by personal of the Integrated National Police.
e."Operational Supervision and Direction".It is the power to see to it that the units or elements of the Integrated National Police perform their duties properly according to existing laws and the rules, regulations and policies promulgated by competent authority, and the power to employ or deploy such units or elements, in coordination with the Provincial or District Police Superintendent, Station Commander or Officer-in-Charge to insure public safety and the effective maintenance of peace and order within the locality.
f."Embattled Area".-It is an area such as a portion of a province, city or municipality, where there is actual or imminent danger of disorder, riot, lawless violence, rebellious or seditious conspiracy, insurgency, subversion or other criminal activities of such magnitude as to greatly endanger lives and properties and set back or hamper the progress and effective implementation of the economic, social, political and other development and reform programs therein.
