ZAMBOANGA CITY–The Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) is seeking to enlist a total of 1,090 new policemen this year.
Senior Supt. Romulo Cleve Taboso, Regional Personnel Human Resources Doctrine Development (RPHRDD) chief, said the 1,090 quota for PRO-9 is part of the 17,935 new policemen the Philippine National Police (PNP) is recruiting this year nationwide.
Taboso said that of the 1,090 slots, 700 are allotted for the regular quota exclusively for Public Safety Forces (PSF) in first cycle recruitment.
Taboso said that the remaining 390 slots are intended for the attrition quota in second cycle recruitment.
He said his office is scheduled to start accepting application for the first cycle of recruitment on September 17, this year. The recruits are set to take oath in July 2019.
He said application for the second cycle, which is the PO1 attrition recruitment program, will commence in October 15, 2018. Their scheduled oath-taking is on February 16, 2019.
He said the minimum qualifications to become a police officer are as follows: Filipino citizen; good moral character; must have passed the psychiatric/psychological, drug and physical tests to be administered by the PNP; and, must possess a formal baccalaureate degree from a recognized learning institution.
They also must be eligible (PNP Entrance, Bar and Board Examinations, and Civil Service eligibility to College Honor Graduates); must not have been dishonorably discharged from military service or dismissed for cause from any civilian position in the government; must not have been convicted by final judgment of an offense or crime involving moral turpitude;
Must be at least one meter and sixty-two centimeters (1.62-m) in height for male and one meter and fifty-seven centimeters (1.57-m) for female; must weight not more or less than five kilograms from the standard weight corresponding to his/her weight, age, and sex; and, must not be less than 21 nor more than 30 years old.
Taboso said the applicants must pass the physical and medical examination, including drug test, and the final board interview by the members of the PRO-9 screening committee.
He said the PNP is now accepting online application for initial screening and evaluation to the interested qualified, competent and determined applicants for PO1 through the PNP Online Recruitment Application System (ORAS) website www.regular.pnp-dprm.com.
ORAS is a web-based and a central recruitment application system that simplifies the submission of accomplished PNP PO1 Application Form.
“Through this system, it also addresses queries regarding the recruitment process,” he added. (Teofilo Garcia, Jr/PNA)
