Lesson 1.

1 Course Overview

An Overview

INVESTIGATION
OFFICERS BASIC
COURSE
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LESSON GOAL
This lesson will provide the students a better
understanding about the course that
institutionalized and standardize the
investigation training for Police Commission
Officers.
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LESSON OBJECTIVES

1. Course Development History

2. Faculty Profile
3. Participant Profile
4. Program of Instruction
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COURSE DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY
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COURSE DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY
With the adoption of the new PNP crime
reporting system, Unit Crime Periodic Report
(UCPER), an in-depth study and analysis was
made on crime statistics which revealed the actual
situation on criminality.
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HISTORY
The following conclusions were made that
crime statistics (volume) went up and the solution
of cases including convictions were found
behindhand coupled with the wanting of arrests of
suspects.
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HISTORY

Upon the assumption into office of His Excellency

President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III on July 1,
2010 and during the conference of PNP top brass,
he declared the conviction of suspects and not
merely on the identification and filing of the case in
court, should be one of the yardsticks for measuring
the efficiency and effectiveness of PNP’s
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HISTORY

investigation of crime incidents. Hence, it is on

this resolve that DIDM designed a program to
address the areas that need immediate attention. A
review on the profile of PNP investigators
nationwide uncovered that there is an apparent lack
of competent and effective field investigators who
possess the skills and the right attitude to work on a
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HISTORY
case and pursue it until it is resolved by the courts.
Statistics show that as of June 2010, out of the 7,145
PCO/PNCOs who were assigned as investigators at
the Police Regional Offices (PROs), a rough estimate
2,733 or 39% have not undergone any formal (basic)
investigation training.
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HISTORY
This glaring disparity among police investigators
is a handicap that can be best addressed with the
provision of adequate, relevant investigation
training programs designed to provide desired
learning competencies and investigative proficiency
among police investigators.
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COURSE DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY
With the previously offered Criminal
Investigation and Detective Development Course
(CIDDC) pursuant to NAPOLCOM Resolution MC
Nr 97-032 dated Feb 26, 1997 and Training Dir Nr
2001-13 dated June 29, 2001, which incorporates
investigation and detective work in one (1) course,
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HISTORY
do not encourage nor support a dynamic and
progressive career or investigation specialization
for investigators and future detectives.
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HISTORY
Furthermore, the School for Investigation and
Detective Development (SIDD) of DIDM which
programmed only two (2) CIDDC classes per
quarter for about 100 PNCOs, thus churning out
only eight (8) courses or 400 graduates per year
nationwide, cannot meet the demands on the
training of investigators,
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HISTORY

unduly depriving training needs of police

investigators coming from Visayas and Mindanao
while the alternative of conducting abbreviated
CIDD Seminars does not ensure uniformity of the
conduct of training as well as training materials and
methods of instruction.
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HISTORY

Considering that there are about 2,700

investigators who do not have formal criminal
investigation training, and considering that there
are more than 1,700 police stations nationwide
which should have at least two (2) formally and
adequately trained investigators,
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HISTORY
the PNP will have to immediately conduct formal
training for 3,400 personnel. Mathematically, it
would take SIDD eight (8) years to achieve this
alone.
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HISTORY
DIDM conducted an evaluation of the SIDD
program for CIDDC vis-à-vis the current thrust of
the PNP to raise the standards of its investigative
capability and the outcome was that the conduct
of two (2) CIDDC classes per quarter is inadequate
to meet the PNP’s immediate need for thousands
of formally and properly trained investigators.
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HISTORY
The conduct of the CIDD course in Camp
Crame is not responsive to the needs of the field
units as each region may have cultural peculiarities
and makes it financially difficult for the participants
coming from Visayas and Mindanao.
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HISTORY

Furthermore, the conduct of the course in

National Headquarters denies the investigators
the opportunity to develop team work and
establish liaisons among their local counterparts.
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HISTORY
Inspired by the positive response of PNCOs to the
Criminal Investigation Course (CIC), the DIDM,
through a memorandum dated November 5, 2010
with subject: “Investigative Training Programs for
Line Officers of the PNP”, recommended a new
course for Police Commissioned Officers.
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HISTORY
The proposal gained the C, PNP’s approval and
gave birth to the Investigation Officers Basic
Course (IOBC), a purely basic investigation course
for Police Commissioned Officers lasting for 45 days
which PNP subordinate units, such as PROs and
NSUs, are capable of conducting.
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HISTORY

The first IOBC class was conducted in 2011,

without the required Standard Training Package
(STP). However, it was not until 2014 when the
Directorate for Human Resource and Doctrine
Development (DHRDD) and the PNP Training
Service reminded SIDD that it can no longer continue
offering IOBC classes unless an STP is formulated.
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HISTORY

Thus, in a memorandum to the OIC, PNP

dated May 11, 2015, TDIDM proposed the
conduct of Training of Trainers (TOT) for IOBC.
The proposal was approved on May 13, 2015.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course aims that the PNP, as the premier law

enforcement agency of the country, shall
institutionalize and standardize all investigation
trainings nationwide in order to increase the quantity
and quality of field investigators who must possess
the knowledge, skills, and the proper attitude to work
on a case until it is resolved by the court with finality.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION

To enhance the skills and competencies of police

investigators and detectives, the PNP is providing
them the much-needed investigation training geared
towards increasing the crime solution efficiency of
cases involving various crimes. With the advent of
modern technology, the PNP is providing them the
much-needed investigation training ,
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geared towards increasing the crime solution

efficiency of cases involving various crimes. With
the advent of modern technology, the PNP must
keep itself abreast with the current trends in crime
investigation in order to be always one step ahead of
the criminals and not the other way around.
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FACULTY PROFILE

Recognizing the need to regionalize the conduct

of the IOBC, as the same will be less expensive for
the participants and will eventually promote
teamwork, the SIDD shall maintain a pool of
instructors from the academe and various
competent, authoritative and concerned
investigation units/offices that are recognized and
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experts in their respective fields of specialization such

as: SOCO officers, prosecutors and judges. The
duration of the course will be supervised by the Chief,
SIDD/RIDMD as Training Director, the Course Director
will be assisted by an Assistant Course Director who
have undergone the Training of Trainers for IOBC
and trained Police Commissioned Officers (PCOs).
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PARTICIPANT PROFILE
Eligibility requirements for police investigators to
qualify participation in this course include the
following:

a) Must be recommended by their respective chief of

offices;
b) Must pass the Qualifying Examination (QE);
c) Minimum rank of Police Inspector and maximum
rank of Police Superintendent;
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d) Assigned or projected to be assigned in

Investigation and Detective Management Offices;
e) Must have positive attitude towards training
and willingness to learn and be developed as a
person and as a supervisor; and
f) Proficient in the English language.
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PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION (POI)

The Program of Instruction (POI) which is

composed of the Academics with 270 hours and
Non-Academics with 90 hours, has a total of 360
hours or 45 days. Moreover the POI has ten
significant modules packaging a complete learning
on investigation:

Module 1 - Investigation as a PNP Core Function

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Module 2 - Professional Dimensions of a PNP

Investigation Officer
Module 3 - Human Rights in Investigation
Module 4 - Review on Criminal Laws
Module 5 - Rules of Court and Prosecutorial and
Judicial Functions/ Duties
Module 6 – Essential in Criminal Investigation
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Module 7 – Criminal Investigation Procedures

Module 8- Forensic Sciences
Module 9 – In Praxis
Module 10- Field Practical Exercises
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Likewise, the POI adheres to the Chief, PNP’s

guidance on percentage distribution on learning
process: Theory (Lecture) – 50-55%; Practical
Exercises – 40-45% and Character and Ethical
Development – 10-15%.