Guidelines and Procedures to Guarantee the Special Protection and Safety of Children While They are in the Custody of the Philippine National Police

As paragraph 2 of this document states of the rationale for these guidelines and procedures, “This PNP [Philippine National Police] Memorandum Circular (MC) prescribes the basic guidelines, procedures, and tools in guaranteeing the protection and safety of children from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions prejudicial to their development in the conduct of police/rescue operations, investigation, and/or surveillance in times of calamities, armed conflict, and other activities of the PNP and/or while they are under the custody of the PNP.”