Published May 19, 2021, 10:01 AM
Interested to join the police force?
This could be your chance to enjoy one of the highest entry-level salary in the government as the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) has given a go-signal for the recruitment of more than 17,000 lawmen for this year.
The starting salary for those who would be recruited this year, a total of 17,314 Patrolmen and Patrolwomen, is almost P30,000 a month, aside from various allowances.
Philippine National Police chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar also assured the public that he will do everything in his power to ensure that there will be no padrino system (or those who enter the police force using influential backers) in the recruitment under the QR Code System which he started when he was still the Metro Manila police chief.
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Based on data released by the PNP Administrative Support for COVID-19 Task Force (ASCOTF) at around 6 p.m. Wednesday, some 27 more police officers recovered from the 2019 coronavirus disease, thus bringing the total recoveries to 8,443.
A total of 8,793 PNP members have been afflicted with COVID-19. This means that 96.02 percent of the total cases have been deemed recovered. The death toll remained at 27 as per the latest figures.
PNP deputy chief for administration, Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, also the concurrent commander of ASCOTF, bared that there are 323 active COVID-19 cases in the police force.
Of the figure, 43 are from the National Headquarters (Camp Crame), 127 from National Support Units (NSUs) and 153 from Police Regional Offices (PROs). Eleazar said 12 patients and 311 patients are recuperating in hospital and quarantine facilities, respectively.