Preamble
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 765, dated August 8, 1975 constituted the Integrated National Police with the Philippine Constabulary as nucleus and all city and municipal police and fire departments and jails as components to facilitate the establishment of cohesively organized and effectively directed police organization; WHEREAS, in order to accelerate the upgrading and professionalization of the police and fire services and promote career development therein, it is imperative that there be established uniform INP personnel development standards to maintain a superior public safety force; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree as part of the laws of the land, the following: