LEGAL OFENSIVE AGAINST
TNSGs
Lesson Goal
This lesson intends to inculcate to the
participants the legal offensive against the
threat to national security groups.
Lesson Objectives
1. Define the different terms on Legal Offensive .
2. Discuss the LOI PNP Office for legal offensive .
3. Discuss the LOI 55/19 (PNP Committee On Legal
Action) .
Lesson Objectives
4. Discuss the concept of operation: “ Winning the
fight against TNSGs through Legal Offensive”.
5. Discuss the concern offices/units the
implementation of the Legal Offensive.
Legal Offensive
Case build-up activities .
Evidence-gathering,
Filing and prosecution of cases in the trial
court, court of appeal, supreme court, and
other appropriate tribunal.
Offense
A breach of law
An offense may consist of a felony or a
misdemeanor
Violation of public rights as opposed to private
ones. Complies with international standards
Threat to National Security Groups
1. Are danger to the components of national
security.
2. May came from within or without the nation
state.
3. Political, economic, military, psycho-social,
techno-scientific or geo-ecological in nature.
PURPOSE OF LOI PNP OFFICE
FOR LEGAL OFFENSIVE
Sets forth the organization and activation of the
PNP Committee On Legal Action (COLA).
To ensure the strengthening and effective
orchestration of the legal action efforts.
To enhance the coordination with the other
government agencies specifically on cases
involving leaders and other personalities involved
in the threats to national security groups
(TNSGs).
LOI 55/19
(PNP COMMITTEE ON LEGAL
ACTION)
The impact of an effective and determine Legal
Action effort to disrupt the activities of the various
threat to national security groups (TNSG) is well
understood and documented in the PNP collective
experience.
LOI 55/19
(PNP COMMITTEE ON LEGAL
ACTION)
With the armed actions to contain the coercive force
of these threat groups gaining traction on the
ground, there is a need to fine-tune the PNP’s legal
offensive actions in support of these successes.
It is in this light that the PNP intends to
vigorously advance its efforts to file cases against
leaders and personalities involved in groups
considered threats to national security.
These efforts shall include case build-up,
investigation, prosecution, filing of charges in court,
and profiling, to ensure success in this part of the
strategy to maintain peace and order, and to enforce
the law.
The PNP Committee on Legal Action (COLA)
shall ensure the advancement of legal action efforts
anchored on the active participation of the QUAD
Staff in order to enforce a holistic criminal case build-
up, investigation and prosecution of atrocities
committed by the various threats to national security
and to enhance coordination with other agencies.
CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS
The DCO shall chair and manage the PNP Committee on Legal
Action (COLA). The ODCO Senior Executive Assistant (ODCO-SEA)
shall spearhead the coordination with other concerned government
agencies to be assisted by the PPNPLS-legal Officer who shall act as
the Head, Case Secretariat.
CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS
The DIDM shall be the Vice Chairman of the PNP Committee on
Legal Action (COLA) while other QUAD staff and their functional
groups shall be the members of this PNP Committee on Legal Action.
The same set-up shall be replicated at the PROs with the DRDO as
the Chairman in their respective Regional Committees for Legal
Action.
The COLA shall be organized from the NHQ
level to the PRO levels. For cases filed at the
Municipal Police levels, the supervision and control
shall be within the ambit of the Regional Director of
the PRO, without prejudice to the NHQ COLA
taking cognizance of such cases as it deems
proper.
The expected output and the benchmark of
success of this office shall be gauged on the volume
and strength of the cases filed against the threats to
national security groups (TNSG).
The COLA shall also engage in
interdepartmental trainings and education activities
on the aspect of first responder’s doctrines and the
preservation of the crime scene.
CONCERN OFFICES/UNITS
IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEGAL
OFFENSIVE.
TDCO
• Act as the chairman of the PNP Committee On Legal
Action (COLA) and over-all supervisor of all COLA
groups nationwide.
TDCO
• The Designate ODCO-SEA who shall be responsible for
coordinating with the other concerned government
agencies and PNP LS – Legal Officer who shall act as
the head, Case Secretariat.
• Provide guidance on case build-up, investigation
and other activities performing to the successful
filing of cases against such threat groups to
national security.
• Render periodic reports and case updates to the
chief, PNP.
• Perform other tasks as directed by Chief, PNP and
higher authorities.
TDIDM
• Act as the Vice-chairman of the PNP Committee on
Legal Action (COLA).
• Designate the Chief, CMD to provide assistance in
the monitoring of cases under investigation and
presently filed in Court.
TDIDM
• Maintain the database of criminal cases and WOAs
involving threat groups to national security.
• Supervise and monitor the investigation undertaken
by CIDG and Crime Laboratory nationwide.
• Supervise the implementation on manhunt against
those personalities with warrant of arrest (WOA).
• Coordinate and implement a training/orientation
program with the AFP purpose on imparting basic
skills to AFP personnel on crime scene preservation
and first responder’s course training.
• Submit periodic reports to the COLA chairman.
• Perform other task as directed.
TDI
• Supervise the intelligence network and gathering of
information with evidentiary value regarding the
modus operandi including the financial transaction
and areas of operation of each and every armed and
legal units/groups.
TDI
• Conduct documentary exploitation and personality
profiling of the known leaders/members ad affiliates
of the threat groups to national security.
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• Supervise and monitor the intelligence operations
undertaken by IG nationwide.
• Maintain an updated national OB, wanted and
reward list of the leaders/members of the
different threat groups.
• Submit periodic reports to the COLA Chairman.
• Perform other task as directed.
TDO
• Designate C, ISOD to provide assistance and monitor
the implementation of this LOI in the PROs.
• Submit periodic reports to COLA Chairman
• Perform other task as directed.
TDC
• Allocate funds for the establishing of PNP Committee
On Legal Action (COLA).
• Perform other task as directed.
TDPCR
• Supervise the information dissemination to the
general public on the actual account of the
atrocities committed by threat groups to national
security.
• Coordinate with Tri media on the publication of
information to expose the atrocities committed by
the threat groups.
• Supervise and monitor the activities of the PROs in
strengthening the Barangay networking for
intelligence gathering manhunt operation and
under LOI BAYANIHAN.
• Submit report to the COLA chairman.
• Perform other task as directed.
TDPRM
• Issue appropriate order to NHQ personnel
to be members of the COLA.
TDPL
• Issue appropriate orders activating the Legal Action
Management Unit (LAMU) under the office of the
DCO with the following function.
TDPL
a. To serve as the Secretariat of the PNP-COLA
which shall handle the administrative and
operational activities as well as the technical
requirements of the committee.
b. To formulate plans and programs in furtherance
of the mission and purpose of this LOI.
c. To supervise, direct, and monitor the
implementation of approved policies, plans and
programs.
d. To undertake the liaison work and coordinate of
activities with appropriate government agencies
and provide for forum of dialogue and deliberation
of relevant issues ad concerns.
c. To perform other task as directed by TDCO/
COLA chairman.
Regional Directors PROs
• Designate the DRDO to be the Regional COLA who
shall responsible for the organization and operation
of the said committee.
• Supervise the filing of cases against leaders and
other personalities of national security threat
groups.
• Maintain the date base of cases filed against such
groups.
• Submit periodic reports to chairman, COLA regarding of
activities and accomplishments with regards to this LOI.
• Strengthening the Barangay network for intelligence
and manhunt operations.
• Perform other task as directed.
Director, CIDG
• Designate personnel in-charge of investigation in
accordance with the mandate of this LOI.
• Provide technical support in forensic cybercrime
analysis to resolve financial crime transactions and
negotiations.
Director, CIDG
• File appropriate charges before courts of proper
jurisdiction.
• Assist the PROs or any of its subordinates units in the
filing of cases against threat groups.
• Implement WOA against wanted members of groups
considered as threats to nationals’ security.
• Coordinate with prosecutors and courts when needed.
• Render periodic reports on the status of cases filed
before the court.
• Perform other tasks as directed.
Director, IG
• Conduct intelligence operation on the
modus and area of interest of the various
personalities and members of threat groups
to national security.
• Secure witnesses and complainants.
• Assist the CIDG and other investigation groups for
the implementation of WOA.
• Coordinate with other intelligence groups, as
necessary.
• Perform other tasks as directed.
Director, CLG
• Provide technical assistance in evidence
preservation and examination.
• Conduct SOCO when possible.
• Perform other tasks as directed.
Director, LS
• Provide legal assistance in evidence evaluation and
preparation of legal documents.
• Designate a Legal officer who shall act as Head,
Case Secretariat.
• Perform other task as directed.
Summary:
The participants were able to:
1. Define the different terms on Legal Offensive.
2. Discuss the LOI PNP Office for legal offensive.
3. Discuss the LOI 55/19 (PNP Committee On Legal
Action).
Summary:
1. Discuss the concept of operation: “ Winning the
fight against TNSGs through Legal Offensive”.
2. Discuss the concern offices/units in the
implementation of the Legal Offensive.
