THE National Police Commission (Napolcom) recently approved the filling up of 27,460 promotional vacancies for the ranks of police corporal to police lieutenant colonel under the Philippine National Police (PNP) Calendar Year 2021 second level uniformed personnel regular promotion program and police lieutenant colonel continuous promotion program.

Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd, Napolcom vice chairman and executive officer, said the Napolcom en banc approved Resolution 2021-1218, dated Sept. 24, 2021, granting PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar the authority to fill up promotional vacancies in the second level ranks to facilitate the ascending career movement of personnel and prevent further congestion in the patrolman and patrolwoman ranks.