Preamble
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12, Article XV of the Constitution of the Philippines, a proposed Presidential Decree for the establishment of an Integrated National Police Force, with the Philippine Constabulary as the nucleus, is under consideration; WHEREAS, in view of the over-all importance of the establishment of such Integrated National Police Force upon the peace and order condition of the nation, there is need to test its viability and efficacy to attain its goal of having an efficient, responsive police service by eliminating the causes of irritants and jealousies among independent police and other law-enforcement agencies, such a conflicts in political/jurisdictional boundaries, lack of coordination and duplication of functions; WHEREAS, the constitution of the city/municipal police and fire departments and jails in the Greater Manila Area into the Metropolitan Police Force pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 421, dated March 21, 1974 is a step toward the establishment of such Integrated National Police Force; WHEREAS, in order to have a country-wide yardstick for assessing the benefits that can be generated by an Integrated National Police Force and for determining possible defects of such system and eliminating the same, it is necessary that pilot projects similar to the Metropolitan Police Force in the Greater Manila Area be established in urban areas/centers of population within each Philippine Constabulary Zone; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972 and No. 1104, dated January 17, 1973 and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby order and decree to be part of the law of the land, the following: