Individual Corruption

According to a March 2011 national survey conducted by Pulse Asia, the Philippine National Police (PNP) is placed by Filipinos as the second most corrupt agency in the country. Furthermore, according to another survey conducted by Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer 2010, the police are perceived by the households as the most corrupt institution in the country, and nearly one-third of the surveyed households who had contact with the police in 2009 report to have paid a bribe. This is also mirrored in the US Department of State 2010, describing cases where women from smaller localities are told by the police to pay special fees before they can file a complaint. In general, police corruption remains a problem in the Philippines.

According to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 2006, the traffic police in the Philippines are particularly corrupt and often demand bribes from traffic offenders. According to a 2010 articles from Inquirer, two police officers from the Traffic Management Group were arrested for extortion and bribery, and there is evidence of policemen turning a blind eye to traffic offenders in return for bribes. 

Business Corruption

According to Transparency International's Bribe Payers Index 2008, business executives perceive the police to be the second most corrupt public institution in the Philippines. Global Integrity 2008 further states that the police are under-funded and that corrupt practices of police officers aggravate the situation. According to the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011, companies are critical of the police's reliability to protect them from crime and to respond to crimes committed against them, which constitutes a competitive disadvantage.

Political Corruption

Some reports indicate that the PNP act with impunity. According to Global Integrity 2008, only a few high-ranking police officers have been jailed due to huge public pressure or when they have displeased politicians.

According to a March 2011 news article by The Peninsula, the former chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP), Angelo Reyes, was alleged to have amassed approximately PHP 100 million during his 20-month period as military chief. The former AFP budget officer also alleges that two former military chiefs, Villanueva and Cimatu, received PHP 10 million respectively as ‘welcome gifts’ when they assumed their posts. The case is currently being investigated, and the AFP is said to aid the panel formed by the Department of Justice to probe the alleged corruption.

Frequency

World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011:
- Business executives give the reliability of the Philippines' police services to enforce law and order a score of 3.4 on a 7-point scale (1 'cannot be relied upon at all' and 7 'can always be relied upon').

Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010:
- 26.6% of households surveyed consider the police to be 'extremely corrupt'.

- 32.3% of households who had contact with the police in 2009 report to have paid a bribe.

- Citizens give the police a score of 3.6 on a 5-point scale (1 being 'not at all corrupt' and 5 'extremely corrupt').

The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009:
- 11.7% of the companies surveyed identify crime, theft and disorder as major constraints to doing business.

Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008:
- Business executives give police a score of 4.1 on a 5-point scale (1 'not at all corrupt' and 5 'extremely corrupt').