The National Police Commission (Napolcom) recently approved the filling up of 33,490 promotional vacancies for the ranks of Police Corporal (PCpl) to Police Lieutenant Colonel (PLTCOL) under the CY 2020 Second Level Ranks Promotional Quota consisting of 32,334 regular promotion and 1,156 projected special/meritorious promotion.

Napolcom Vice Chairman and Executive Officer Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd said that the Commission EnBanc, headed by DILG Secretary and Napolcom Chairman Eduardo Año, approved Resolution No. 2021-0415, dated April 12, 2021, granting the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) the authority to fill up promotional vacancies in the second level ranks to facilitate the upward career movement of personnel in order to stabilize the pyramidal rank structure of the PNP organization.