lecture to barangay

2. •What is the Barangay Peace and Order
Committee or BPOC?
•What is the composition of the BPOC?
•What are the roles and functions of the BPOC?
•How often does it meet?
•How is it created?
•References

3. What is the Barangay Peace and Order Committee? What are
the legal basis for its creation?
• The Barangay Peace and Order Committee is a sub-national Peace and
Order Council. It is the counterpart of the National Peace and Order
Council (NPOC) at the barangay level. In 1987, years before the Local
Government Code was passed, then President Corazon C. Aquino issued
Executive Order No. 09 s. 1987 ordering the reorganization of the Peace
and Order Council at the national, regional, provincial, and city and
municipal levels. Likewise, Section 116 of the Local Government Code
also provided only for the reorganization of the POCs at those levels.
• In 1996, President Fidel V. Ramos issued
Executive Order No. 366 s. 1996 which amended E.O. 309 to include the
organization of the Barangay Peace and Order Committee as the
implementing arm of the city/municipal peace and order council at the
barangay level. In 2002, the NPOC issued Memorandum Circular No.
2002-05 directing the DILG to monitor the functionality of BPOCs.

4. • In 2008, DILG issued Memorandum Circular 2008-101
providing new guidelines for the reorganization of BPOCs,
and elaborated further on the monitoring of their
functionality.
• In 2015, to strengthen further the BPOCs pursuant to the
Peace and Development Agenda, the DILG issued
Memorandum Circular No. 2015-130.
• And, finally, as of this writing, the latest guideline issued
on BPOCs is DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2020-047
dated February 27, 2020 entitled “An update on the
Functionality Indicators, Rules and Responsibilities, and
Monitoring Guidelines of Barangay Peace and Order
Committee, thereby ammending DILG MC No. 2008-101.”

5. Composition
Chairperson: The Punong Barangay
Members:
• Sangguniang Kabataan Chairperson
• A member of the Lupong Tagapamayapa designated by the Punong
Barangay
• A public school teacher to be designated by the School Principal or
School Head Teacher
• A PNP Officer to be designated by the Chief of Police
• A representative from the Interfaith Group
• A senior citizen
• A barangay tanod preferably Chief Tanod or Ex-O
• At least three (3) members, duly endorsed by an organized
neighborhood organization, from existing barangay-based anti-crime
groups, neighborhood watch groups or NGOs well-known in the
community

6. ROLES AND FUNCTION
The BPOC shall have the following functions and responsibilities:
1.Formulate a Barangay Peace and Order and Public Safety Plan (BPOPS)
and furnish copies to the following:
1.Barangay Development Council (BDC) for reference and consideration
in the formulation of the Barangay Development Plan (BDP)
2.City or Municipal Peace and Order Council for reference and
consideration in the formulation of C/M POPS Plan
2.Recommend measures to improve or enhance peace and order and public
3.safety in the community;
4.Monitor and coordinate the implementation of peace and order programs
and projects at the barangay level;
5.Serve as an information-gathering mechanism;
6.Monitor and report, to appropriate authorities, suspicious illegal
activities and personalities involved, including insurgent activities within
their jurisdictions;

7. 6.Maintain continuing dialogue, close coordination and rapport
with the higher-level POC and law enforcement units;
7.Coordinate the operation of all community-based anti-crime
groups within the barangay;
8.Conduct periodic assessment of the prevailing peace and
order situation in the barangay, and submit a report, with
appropriate recommendations, to the higher-level POC;
9. Submit annual BPOC Functionality Report as prescribed in
this MC; and
10. Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the
higher-level POC.

8. Frequency of Meeting
The BPOC, unlike its city and municipal
counterparts, shall meet at least once every
month. If it needs to meet more than that, it
may hold special meetings.