The Philippine National Police said its latest 63% trust rating reflects its efforts to maintain peace and order, even as the agency continues to face pressure over discipline and accountability.
The figure came from the latest Octa Research survey, which also gave the PNP a 61% satisfaction rating. For the police force, the numbers indicate public confidence in its core mandate of enforcing the law, protecting communities and responding to crime.
PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said the result reflects the agency’s work on the ground.
“The said result reflects the police force’s efforts to maintain peace and order, to enforce the law and to protect communities,” Nartatez said in Filipino in a statement.
He added that the PNP will continue pursuing faster and more humane policing while intensifying its campaign against criminality and strengthening community engagement.
“The PNP remains focused on humane and fast law enforcement while continuously intensifying its campaign against criminality and strengthening its community engagement,” he added.
The trust rating came after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urged the national police force to uphold public trust during the 35th anniversary of the PNP’s reorganization in January and the PNP Academy graduation in March.
The survey result also coincided with a report from the PNP’s Internal Affairs Service showing an increase in the number of police officers facing administrative charges. The IAS said 1,048 officers were administratively charged from January to March 2026, higher than the 770 recorded during the same period in 2025.
Nartatez earlier defended the increase in cases during a chance interview in Camp Crame, saying, “If the cases went up, perhaps, the resolutions also went up.”
