COMMITTED TO SERVE. Two-hundred new police officers (58 women and 142 men) take their oaths at Camp Bado Dangwa, in Benguet on Monday (Nov. 13, 2023). They replace those who have retired, resigned or were separated from the service. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot)
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – A total of 200 new police officers took their oaths of office on Monday here as part of the 2023 police recruitment program in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
“Today will be the start of your police journey from the arduous selection. You hurdled the tedious recruitment application,” Brig. Gen. Patrick Allan, the Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PROCor) deputy regional director for administration, said during the ceremony.
The new officers who are on temporary status as patrolmen (142) and patrolwomen (58) were recruited per province to allow each area to have an allocation.
Following the oath-taking, the recruits will start the basic recruitment course for six months to be administered by the CAR Training Center at Teacher’s Camp in Baguio City.
They will later have a field training program in police stations to apply what they learned.
Trainings will include mental skills and physical preparation.
Col. Carolina Lacuata, PROCor information officer, said the recruits filled up the attrition quota to replace those who retired, resigned or were separated from the service.
The new police officers will receive a monthly salary of PHP29,668 effective Nov. 13. (PNA)
