PNP News Releases 2008

ONE-DAY PASSPORT PROCESSING FOR COPS

The Department of Foreign Affairs will hold a one-day special processing of machine-readable passports for police personnel and their families.

A team from the DFA head office' Courtesy Lane will be in Camp Crame on Wednesday, June 25, to process the passport applications of PNP personnel and their qualified dependents.

According to Police Director Leopoldo N Bataoil, the passport processing will allow police personnel to apply for a new passport or to change their old passports into the new machine-readable travel document.

"The DFA has been very kind to extend this privilege to members of the PNP who wanted to avail of these services. This will be of great convenience to our personnel," Bataoil said.

PNP Spokesman, Chief Superintendent Nicanor A Bartolome said hundreds of PNP personnel are sent abroad each year to undergo training programs and specialized courses with different law enforcement agencies in other countries.

Some PNP officials are also invited to attend regular conferences and meetings with international law enforcement organizations, and with counterpart police agencies of other countries, Bartolome said.

At present, there are more than 300 Filipino police personnel serving under United Nations-sponsored peace-keeping missions in Timor Leste, Kosovo, Sudan, Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Haiti.

The PNP is also a participant in regular conferences of the ASEAN Association of Chiefs of Police (ASEANAPOL), the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), International Law Enforcement Agency (ILEA), and International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).

"These international activities require the presence of PNP representatives as part of our commitment to the international law enforcement community," Bartolome said.