Preamble
WHEREAS, pursuant to Presidential Decrees No. 421, dated March 21, 1974; No. 482, dated June 13, .1974; No. 531, dated August 8, 1974; and No. 585, dated November 18, 1974, administrative control and supervision over the city and municipal police and fire departments and jails therein covered, including their personnel, funds, property, equipment, and other resources, shall be transferred to the Philippine Constabulary after one year, but not later than two years, from the promulgation of the aforesaid Decrees; WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforementioned Presidential Decrees, operational control over the Metropolitan Police Force and the Provincial integrated Police Forces therein established has been transferred to the Philippine Constabulary from the promulgation thereof; WHEREAS, among the objectives of police integration are to provide for an adequate scale of compensation for the members of the Integrated Police Forces and to upgrade their equipage, their training and overall capabilities and thereby improve their efficiency; WHEREAS, in order that the Integrated Police Forces established pursuant to Presidential Decrees No. 421, dated March 21, 1974; No. 482, dated June 13, 1974; No. 531, dated August 8, 1974; and No. 585, dated November 18, 1974, and such other decrees as may hereafter be promulgated, can be cohesively organized, better coordinated, effectively directed, and systematically managed, there is a need for an appropriate enabling measure in addition to the aforementioned decrees; 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 to be part of the law of the land the following: