Police Ethics and Community Relations

PNP Philosophy
1. Service
2. Honor
3. Justice
PNP Core Values
1. Makadios (God-Fearing)
2. Makabayan (Nationalistic)
3. Makatao (Humane)
Ethical Acts to be Observed by PNP members
1. Morality
2. Judicious use of authority
3. Integrity
4. Justice
5. Humility
6. Orderliness
7. Perseverance
Definition of Terms

Customs - established usage or social

practices carried on by tradition that have
obtained the force of law.
Traditions - bodies of belief, stories, customs
and usages handed down from generation to
generation with the effect of an unwritten law.
Courtesy - a manifestation of expression of
consideration and respect for others.
Ceremony - a formal act or set of formal acts
established by customs or authority as proper
to special occasion.
Social Decorum - a set of norms and
standard practiced by the members during
social activities and other functions.

Police Community Relation - generally refers to the

sum total of attitudes and behavior between police and
the communities they serve.
Public Relations - a collection of communication
techniques used by individuals or organizations to
convince an audience about the merits of an idea,
organization, program, practice or policy.
Community Service - refers to the activities whereby
police engage in pro-social activities to enhance the
well-being of the community beyond law enforcement
and other maintenance.
Community Participation - involves members of the
community taking an active role in trying to genuinely
help the police.
Police Traditions
1. Spiritual beliefs
2. Valor
3. Patriotism
4. Discipline
5. Gentlemanliness
6. Word of Honor
7. Duty
8. Loyalty
9. Camaraderie
Spiritual Beliefs - can refer to an ultimate or an
alleged immaterial reality, an inner path enabling a
person to discover the essence of his/her being or the
deepest values and meanings by which people live.

Valor - great courage in the face of danger. Strength

of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter
danger with firmness.
Patriotism - love of country and willingness to
sacrifice for it.
Discipline - the practice of training people to obey
rules or a code of behavior using punishment to correct
disobedience.
Gentlemanliness - characteristic of or having the
character of a gentleman. A man whose conduct
conforms to a high standard of propriety or correct
behavior.
Word of Honor - a verbal commitment by one person
to another agreeing to do or not to do something in the
future.
Duty - a task or action that someone is required to
perform.
Loyalty - a strong feeling of support or allegiance. Is
faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group
or cause.
Camaraderie - mutual trust and friendship among
people who spend a lot of time together. Goodwill and
lighthearted rapport between or among friends.
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Police Ethics Reviewer 1
1. Known as the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards
for public officials and employees.
A. R.A. No. 9344
B. R.A. No. 6713
C. R.A. No. 9262
D. P.D. No. 603
2. It is the transfer of title or disposal of interest in
property by voluntarily, completely, and actually
depriving or dispossessing oneself of his right or title to
it in favor of a person or persons other than his spouse
and relatives.
A. Procurement
B. Divestment
C. Enticement
D. Attainment
3. A Fundamental truth or proposition that serves as
the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for
a chain of reasoning.
A. Principle
B. Ideas
C. Customs
D. Morals
4. A branch of Philosophy dealing with what are good
and bad with moral duty and obligation.
A. Logic
B. Epistemology
C. Aesthetics
D. Ethics
5. Are Rules by which we make decisions about right

and wrong, should and shouldn't, good and bad.

A. Morals
B. Ethics
C. Values
D. Customs
6. Is a Science that treats of the law enforcement.
A. Police Code of Ethics
B. Military Code of Ethics
C. Government Officials Code of Ethics
D. Barangay Tanod's Code of Ethics
7. It means long established practices common to a
particular community,class, or race.
A. Practice
B. Values
C. Customs
D. Ethics
8. It implies the repetition of the same action as to
develop a natural, spontaneous or rooted tendency or
inclination to perform it.
A. Traditions
B. Practices
C. Values
D. Habits
9. It means a regularly followed procedure or pattern in
conducting activities.
A. Traditions
B. Practice
C. Values
D. Habits
10. It means observance of social norms as required by
good breeding.
A. Etiquette
B. Ethics
C. Values
D. Practice

implementation of a systematic values-integration and

intervention program.
6. Moral Recovery Program - The Moral Recovery
Program is a movement which aims to mobilize all
Filipinos for nation-building through the practical
exercise of human values in our daily lives as citizens.
It is empowered through Executive Order 319 signed by
President Fidel V Ramos on April 03, 1996, which
institutionalizes the MRP in all government
departments, offices, agencies, and government-owned
and controlled corporations
7. Morale refers to a persons state of mind and
emotions, affecting the personnel/employee and the
police force to perform assigned tasks willingly and
enthusiastically with confidence, cheerfulness and
discipline to work, which in turn affects the individual
performance and organizational goals and objectives.
8. Morality quality of human acts that leads man to
observe moral behavior, to be obedient to a system
of moral rules, rules of right conduct.
9. Police Discretion the inherent ability and
privilege of a police officer to test and use the limits of
his power in making a choice among possible courses of
action or inaction (i.e. to arrest or not to arrest).
10. PRO - Police Regional Office which constitute
seventeen (17) Regional Offices of the PNP to include
ARMM, CAR and NCRPO
11. Police Officer a public servant who represents
the disciplinary and discretionary power of the state to
enforce laws
12. Values are beliefs, principles and philosophies
that are important, cherished, prized, upheld and
defended.

Familiarize Yourself With The Following Terms:

1. Corruption is the misuse of authority by a police
officer in a manner designed to produce personal gain
for himself or others; an impairment of integrity, virtue
or moral principle; inducement (as an official) by
means of improper considerations (as bribery) to
commit a violation of duty.
2. DHRDD refers to the Directorate for Human
Resource and Doctrine Development; the primary
training and education directorate in the PNP.
3. Ethics - is the capacity to determine right conduct
and the knowledge of what is right from wrong; specific
moral choices to be made by the individual in his
relationship with others; the moral quality of a course
of action, fitness and propriety.
4. Ethics and Values Counseling Center A facility
for spiritual and behavioral intervention established in
every Police Regional Office to provide adequate
counseling and assistance to police officers
5. Ethics and Values Formation Program - This
program contains policies, principles, guidelines and
sanctions, all geared towards the internalization of
moral values and service dedication through the

13. Virtue the quality of moral excellence,

righteousness, probity, responsibility and goodness;
conformity to standard morality or mores (as by
abstention from vices, rectitude); specific type of moral
excellence or other exemplary quality considered
meritorious, a worthy practice or ideal
14. Customs - Established usage or social practices
carried on by tradition that have obtained the force of
law.
15. Traditions - Bodies of beliefs, stories, customs
and usages handed down from generation to
generation with the effect of an unwritten law.
16. Courtesy - A manifestation or expression of
consideration and respect for others.
17. Ceremony - A formal act or set of formal acts
established by customs or authority as proper to special
occasion.
18. Social Decorum - A set of norms and standards
practiced by members during social and other
functions.
19. Salute - Salute is the usual greeting rendered by

uniformed members upon meeting and recognizing

person entitled to a salute.
20. Habits - Provide the basis for judgments about
what is important for the organization to succeed in its
core business.
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