PNP Mortuary and Funeral Services

June 22, 2021 Admin

PNP Mortuary and Funeral Services

PNP Mortuary is a facility where remains of deceased person are being kept for vigil before burial or cremation.

Funeral Services is the ceremonies rendered to the dead while kept in the Mortuary including the movement to the grave or place of final disposition with the prescribed escort during interment, cremation or similar services of the same nature as the case maybe, and chapel services.

a. Use/Operation of the PNP Mortuary:

1) The PNP Mortuary shall accommodate the following:

a) Remains of all PNP personnel who died in the Line-Of-Duty while in the active service;

b) Remains of deceased active PNP personnel and their DIRECT DEPENDENTS only;

c) Remains of deceased retired and honorably separated Police and PC/INP personnel;

d) Remains of deceased Government Official, VIPs and Reserved Officers as directed by the CPNP, SILG, and by the President; and

e) Remains of the deceased civilian (relatives of PNP personnel) may be accommodated subject to vacancy and approval of the CPNP.

2) The PNP Mortuary shall only accommodate a maximum of four deceased persons at any one time on a “First Come First Serve” basis due to limited space of the facility and to provide comfortable accommodation to the mourners;

3) Maximum duration for use of the PNP Mortuary will be seven days. A request for extension may be allowed subject to the approval of D, HSS.

4) Mourners, relatives and friends shall observe proper decorum at the mortuary and maintain cleanliness and sanitation within the immediate surroundings;

5) Gambling, cooking, drinking of liquor or wine, and washing of clothes and other apparels are strictly prohibited within the premises of the mortuary; and

6) No deceased persons shall be allowed to lie-in-state inside the PNP Chapel except during the Necrological Services and/or funeral mass only

b. Funeral Services

1) Procedures in providing funeral services for authorized persons shall be in accordance with the provisions of the PNP Manual on Drills, Ceremonies, Protocol and Social Usage (PNPM-DHRDD-DS-8-1-94) particularly Section X (Funeral Honors and Services);

2) The following are the requirements to be submitted to D, HSS for funeral services support:

a) Letter request from the family of the deceased personnel and/or directive from higher headquarters or offices; and

b) Statement of police service or certificate of Honorable Discharge, Separation or Retirement from services from the DPRM.

3) Providing vigil guards shall be limited to those who lie-in-state in decent funeral parlors and mortuaries and/or as directed by higher headquarters.

4) Command or higher headquarters directed activities shall always take precedence over giving of funeral or vigil guards services.

PNP Himlayan ng mga Bayaning Pulis (HNMBP)

It is a final resting place to honor PNP uniformed personnel in the active service who died in line of duty, honorably discharged, resigned, retired PNP personnel, retired former PC/INP uniformed personnel, SILG and former SILGs. It is being administered by the Directorate for Logistics.

Source:

PNP SOP No 05/2005

PNP MC No 2010-022