by Claro A. Lanipa
Pagadian City, Mar. 14 (PIA) – The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) announced that the submission, acceptance of nominations for the Search for 2012 Model PNP Families is extended until March 31, 2012.
The search aims to encourage and strengthen partnership between the community and the Philippine National Police (PNP) by highlighting the PNP’s capability as a leader and partner of the community in the maintenance of peace, order and security for an improved socio-economic system.
Moreover, the event will also help build public confidence and support to the police force; help induce positive changes in the environment by serving as role models as well as to emphasize the importance of strong family ties that is consequential to the overall success of preventing crime in communities.
The contest criteria is focused on assessing the type of relationship established by the parents with their children and vice versa (i.e., parent-children, children-parents and child sibling relations), social conduct and relationship of each family members with other members of the community which exemplifies ideal Filipino police family behavior, and involvement of family members in community affairs particularly those that promote socio-civic, spiritual and moral development, as well as community welfare and development.
The search is open to all uniformed PNP personnel with legitimate or legally adopted families and/or children, and who have been in the police service for at least 10 years at the time of the search.
For family category, the candidate or nominee must be legally married, and living together with his or her spouse for the past 10 years. While for solo parent category, he or she must be a widow/widower or legally separated for at least five (5) years, legally married prior to his or her present status, and was left alone to bring up his or her child/children.
Uniformed PNP personnel who have been nominated in the previous year but were not declared as winners in the national level may be once again nominated. But, national champions, 1st and 2nd runners-up winners of the previous year are no longer eligible for nomination in the succeeding search.
The local government units (LGUs), non-government organizations (NGOs) and fellow police officers, who are not related within the 3rd degree of consanguinity or affinity, are allowed to nominate the model PNP families.
The awarding ceremonies will be held on the first week of September 2012 in line with the 18th National Crime Prevention Week celebration.
The annual Search for Model PNP Families is being implemented by NAPOLCOM, in collaboration with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), PNP and other member-agencies and organizations of the the National Crime Prevention Week Interagency Technical Working Committee (NCPW-TWC). (NAPOLCOM-9/PIA9/CAL)
