NAPOLCOM

The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) is the agency of the Philippine government that administers and controls the Philippine National Police (PNP). It was mandated by the Constitution and the major police reform laws, Republic Act Nos. 6975 and 8551. Under RA 8551 otherwise known as the "PNP Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998", the Commission regained the powers to investigate police anomalies and irregularities and to administer police entrance examination and is granted summary dismissal powers over erring policemen.