What is RPSB?

RPSB or Regional Public Safety Battalion is the striking force of the Philippine National Police.  It is a non-territorial unit. It has different bases all over the country and its main objective is to eliminate the insurgency problem here in our country. An RPSB unit has different Coy (Company) and that company has set of platoons. The RPSB unit is being handled by the Battalion Commander and under him is his Deputy and different Company Commanders.

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I am currently assigned as a rifleman in RPSB here in our region. We operate mountainous area nearby and sometimes we do checkpoints in our camp. Our uniform is different from the regular Police Officer that you can see on the streets. We wear BDU or Battle Dress Uniform that we sometimes call Camouflage Green. Before you can be assigned in RPSB, you should undergo the PNP SCOUT or Special Counter-Insurgency Operation Unit Training. The life that we have in RPSB is not normal since we are on strike anytime and in anyplace. Some of my mates are being augmented to Cateel, Davao Oriental to assist and secure the area where the Typhoon Pablo passes thru. 

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Are you willing to be assigned anywhere in the Philippines?

That question has been asked to most of the Police applicant during the final interview. I remember the time during my application when I was asked about this question and I answered “YES” with all my will.

Maybe you would say that I’m hypocrite if I don’t want to be assigned in my hometown but just for the sake of me being hired as a Police officer, it would be better to answer them YES.

Here in the Philippines, the ratio for the police to community is 1:500. So, 1 police officer should be watching over 500 citizens. Meaning, the country is lacking police officers in most towns and cities. That is the current situation of policing here in our country. So, if you assigned to a different place not from your hometown, you would watch over 500 people that are stranger to you. With that, I don’t think you can be able to watch over all of them because you are not familiar who this people are. Compared to the situation where you are assigned to your hometown, the advantage of being familiar to the place and also familiar to the people around you makes you a better police officer. With my current status right now in the police service, I am being assigned far from my hometown. I don’t know the people and I am not familiar with the place. I listed myself for the downloading list because I am now qualified to be downloaded to my hometown. But the fact that the election period is coming, there’s a big possibility that I will be assigned to a different place where the election is very critical. I hope soon that system will be changed and policing in the Philippines will be based on localization.

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How I Entered the Police Service

My name is Police Blogger; I entered the police service on 2010 and graduated my PSBRC (Public Safety Basic Recruit Course) mid 2011. Way back in college, I don't have any plans of joining the police force because I was once then a juvenile offender. I involve myself in gangsterism, shoplifting, riot and any form of vandalism. I hated the police service before that I curse them a lot and sometimes we even let them pursuit us back on the streets of my home town. I have also experienced selling drugs but not as big time as the Mexican Drug Cartel. Just to inform everyone, I belong to the Crips gang. It is one of the biggest gang in my hometown. My life before was not normal like those youngsters who always attend school in college. Yes, I graduated with a degree course but I don't have good grades, I don't join school's activities because my focus before was not about school but about my life on the streets. 

When I graduated, I laylow on gangsterism when my father sent me to the metro and help him manage our small business. During those times, I have realized bit by bit that being on the gang is not normal that the life there is risky. So I plan on applying to a private firm. I was hired by one of the biggest company in contact service industry. I enjoyed my life there and had some good friends until the time came that I have already forgotten the suicidal lifestyle. One day, I have realized that working in a private firm can't help me grow. I was not that happy after 3 years of working on that private firm. I was thinking about my future and thought that if I'm gonna have a children, will I be able to send them to a prestigious school? I think not. One day, my mother told me to try to take the NAPOLCOM exam. I really disagree to the idea that I will be joining the police force. But I since she just asked me to try it, then I really tried it. I submit all the required papers for the entrance exam of the NAPOLCOM.

The result came and I didn't think that I was able to pass the exam. But since that was just a trial, I didn't pursue on applying for the police service. I continued my work at the private firm until I got tired and resigned from my post. I quit the job and went to my father's province to live with them. Here comes my mother again asking me to pass my requirements for the police service. I did and the process was too hard. They have neurological exam, physical exam, medical exam and interviews. I never thought I passed all the exams and was able to took oath for the Police Officer 1 position last 2010. We had a 6 months training but it was extended up to 7 months and after that, we were assigned to different places for the Field Training Program. After the FTP, we were sent to S.C.O.U.T. (Special Counter-Insurgency Operation Unit Training). The SCOUT was the most rigid of them all and very much physical. I survived and now, I'm currently assigned at the Regional Public Safety Battalion of our Region.

This is how I entered the Police Service of the Philippines and I love it. I am proud to be a police non-commissioned officer.

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