๐ช๐ณ๐จ๐บ๐บ ๐ต๐จ๐ด๐ฌ: โ๐บ๐จ๐ต๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐จ๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ด๐จ๐ด๐จ๐ด๐จ๐๐จ๐ต ๐ต๐จ ๐ด๐จ๐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐จ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐จ ๐ฐ๐ป๐จ๐ฎ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ซ ๐จ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ท๐จ๐๐จ๐ท๐จ๐จ๐ต ๐จ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ท๐จ๐ฎ๐ณ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ต ๐จ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐จ๐ตโ
CLASS HISTORY:
On May 1, 2015, the Philippine National Police Academy welcomed the 40th class of Bachelor of Science in Public Safety. Among the 350 qualified applicants, only 348 reported for the reception rites. After the 45 days of transformation from a civilian to a cadet commonly known as the โbreaking periodโ, only 311 were incorporated with the upperclassmen on June 17, 2015.
Through continued training and learning to be at par with the demands of the academy, the 298 plebes proved that they were worthy of the precious handshakes from the upperclassmen, during their recognition rites on January 16, 2016, with 128 of them being members of Silent Drill Company. Life in the academy is not a piece of cake, as others may have thought. As your rank gets higher, the more responsibilities you have to handle, plus the rigors of having an equilibrium between academics and tactics.
Unfortunately, not all who had passed the phase of being a โplebeโ or being a โsheepโ are assured of getting straight to being an upperclassman. From the 298 recognized cadets, the number descended to 286 who are able to become the โsheers of the corpsโ or 3rd class in rank. The โstandards of the corpsโ and โthe tigersโ of the corpsโ as they are referred to, being a third-class cadet is the most challenging stage in a cadetโs life.
They are expected to become the meticulous supervisors of their direct underclassmen. From the tip of their headgear down to the sole of their shoes, everything must be in order and spotless, as the appearance of their underclassmen reflects what kind of upperclassman they are. Only 264 passed through this challenge and made it to become the โstewards of the corpsโ or 2nd class in rank.
They are the โindirect supervisorsโ yet take accountability for the plebes as they also play the role of being โsquad leadersโ. They have to make sure that the 3rd class cadets impart accurate knowledge and skills and appropriate discipline to the 4th class cadets. Moreover, they provide assistance to the ruling class in running the cadet corps as they are the right hand of the first-class cadets.
Quite simple compared to being a 3rd class cadet, but it is not the time to โwait and seeโ Instead, take action and make innovations because you can never really tell what might happen next. Of the 264 second-class cadets, only 41 of them become members of the elite organization known as the Slow Drill Platoon. Further, at the end of the stewardship period, the 264 decreased to 212.
This phase had the greatest number of casualties in the history of this class. The road to being immaculate is never easy, thus, the class had undergone several training programs inside and outside the academy. These are Public Speaking and Technical Writing under the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), Public Safety Intervention Course (PSIC), Firefighting skills training, Search and Counter Insurgency Operations Unit Training (SCOUT), Instructorsโ Development Course (IDC) by ICITAP, and Incident Command System (ICS) by the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD).
This class also interacted with its counterpart academy, the Korean National Police University, as well as in the police, fire, and jail facilities in South Korea on October 11-16, 2017. As part of the curriculum, before the 2nd class cadets can finally be declared as 1st class cadets, they have to finish the training programs for their corresponding branch of service under the DILG: Philippine National Police (PNP); Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).
On April 10, 2017, until June 9, 2017, the 212 members of Class 2019 underwent Close Quarter Battle for the PNP and BJMP cadets; Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and Basic Firefighting for BFP cadets; and Basic Rescue Technique Course (BRTC) for BFP and BJMP cadets. The 212 cadets reached the peak of a cadetโs life and had finally experienced wearing the โthree-stripedโ shoulder boards and some were entitled to wear their respective ensign.
But all of a sudden, out of the 212 declared 1st class cadets, 11 of them ended their journey as cadets, without having felt the privileges coupled with responsibilities as members of the ruling class. Indeed, this is considered the critical stage among the four classes in the cadet corps. You have the feeling of being โso close yet so farโ to your dream of becoming an officer in this country.
You have to be very careful about the decision that you have to make and the move that you have to take, because, with just a single mistake, what youโve worked for so long can be just blown by the wind. Amidst the obstacles that they have encountered, 201 members of the SANSIKLAB class of 2019 remained steadfast to their dreams.
One hundred thirty-eight (138) cadets are going to be part of the Philippine National Police (PNP), twenty-two (22) cadets for the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), and forty-one (41) cadets for the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). The administration had made efforts for the class to have training programs and seminars that would enrich their capabilities in their chosen field of service.
Most of the dates in the โBERโ months of the year 2018, had been allotted for these training programs: Police Operational Procedure (P.O.P), AntiโCyber Crime, Interrogation and Investigation Seminar, and Drug Abuse Prevention Education (DAPE) for the PNP cadets; while Basic Jail Intelligence, Financial Management, Values Formation Records Management, and Inmates Classification for the BJMP cadets; and Media Relations, 40-hour Fire Safety Seminar, WMD/CBRNE PMCS Operational Training Course, and Fire Arson Investigation Operations Course (FAIOC) for the BFP cadets.
The first-ever Research Forum of PNPA happened on December 14, 2018, with the theme: โStrengthening Public Safety through Research and Collaborationโ. Mind you, the main presenters of this event are all members of the SANSIKLAB class of 2019, who are brave enough to face the criticisms and queries of the panel of judges and the audience as well.
On January 7-26, 2019, the 201 cadets were distributed by organization to their assigned areas for their Cadet Attachment Program (CAP), some are in national headquarters, regional office, and provincial office, but most of them are in the city or municipal stations. In this phase, the cadets are able to apply what they have learned and take the opportunity to discover something that they can use for the betterment of public service.
Source: Philippine National Police Academy
