Practice question
A joint patrol plan leaves direction and management with civilian police while troops provide limited assistance against lawless violence. A critic argues the civilian character of the police disappears merely because military assets are present. Which response follows IBP?
- Military presence always destroys civilian status
- The actual circumscribed assistance and retained police authority defeat that automatic inference
- Only military officers may lead all police patrols
- Civilian leadership is irrelevant to the issue
- Every police function must be transferred permanently to the AFP
Legal references
- IBP v. Zamora, G.R. No. 141284, August 15, 2000, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/36338
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