Preamble
WHEREAS, in order to implement Section 12, Article XV of the Constitution of the Philippines, the police and fire departments and jails in the Greater Manila Area have been constituted into the Metropolitan Police Force pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 421, dated March 21, 1974; while the police and fire departments and jails of some other cities and municipalities have been constituted into Provincial Integrated Police Forces, pursuant to Presidential Decrees No. 482, dated June 13, 1974 and No. 531, dated August 8, 1974; WHEREAS, initial assessment of said pilot projects in police integration revealed encouraging result in terms of the improvement of the discipline and general attitude of the members of the police and fire departments and jails, concerned, thereby enhancing their efficiency in the performance of duty, which contribute to the promotion of better peace and order condition; WHEREAS, to accelerate the attainment of a desirable peace and order condition in wider areas of the country, it is necessary that other police and fire departments and jails be integrated into law enforcement units similar to those integrated pursuant to Presidential Decrees No. 421, No. 482 and No. 531; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and pursuant to Proclamations 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: