6975 established the Philippine National Police under the Department of the Interior and Local Government,[7] and later orders of the department formed the basis for the creation of a common rank system for the public security forces of the republic, which the National Police used for over two decades.
Philippine Constabulary, which lasted between 1901 and 1991, was a gendarmerie police force which initially had its ranks and insignia er modelled after the United States Army upon its foundation before switching to Philippine Army styling with branch-specific shoulder board and sleeve insignia.
[citation needed] ¹ – Can be attained if a PC officer was appointed as Chief of Staff, AFP² – Can be attained if a PC officer was appointed as Vice Chief of Staff, AFP The defunct Integrated National Police adopted a paramilitary-styled ranking classification based on Presidential Decree No.
1184 (the Integrated National Police Personnel Professionalization Law of 1977) issued by then-President Ferdinand Marcos[8] as part of the joint command it shared with the PC, which began in 1975.
Prior to the adoption of the 2019 classification, the police informally used military ranks to address to each other; such as tiniente or lieutenant for officers who had recently graduated from the Philippine National Police Academy, while chief superintendents up to the director general were colloquially referred to as "generals".