Preamble
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12, Article XV of the Constitution of the Philippines, "the State shall establish and maintain an integrated national police force whose organization, administration and operation shall be provided by law"; WHEREAS, toward the implementation of the aforequoted provisions of the Constitution, pilot projects have been established, such that the police forces, fire departments and jails in the Greater Manila Area have been constituted as the Metropolitan Police Force pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 421, dated March 21, 1974; while the police forces, fire departments and jails in the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Cebu and Misamis Oriental, including those of the Cities therein, have been similarly integrated pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 482, dated June 13, 1974; WHEREAS, the objective of the aforementioned integration is to determine the efficacy thereof for the cause of peace and order throughout the country, as well as the possible defects of such system and to eliminate the same; WHEREAS, in order to attain the objectives of the aforesaid pilot projects, it is necessary that similar projects be established in other provinces; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President 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: