IMPORTANT REMINDERS: February 2025 Criminologists Licensure Exam (CLE)

This year’s 1st batch of Criminologists Licensure Exam (CLE) will be conducted on February 5, 6 & 7, 2025.

The highly anticipated 3-day January 2025 CLE will be conducted in the following testing centers: Manila, Bacolod, Baguio, Bayambang, Pangasinan, Bohol, Butuan, Candon, Ilocos Sur, Cagayan de Oro, Cauayan, Cebu, Davao, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Kidapawan, Koronadal, Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Legazpi, Lucena, Naga, Palawan, Pagadian, Pampanga, Romblon, Rosales, Pangasinan, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga.

The Board of Criminology is headed by Hon. Ramil G. Gabao, Chairman; and the members, Hon. Lani T. Palmones and Hon. Warren M. Corpuz, Members.

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General Instructions

Things to Bring on Exam Day

Here are the things to bring during the examination proper:

Notice of Admission
Official Receipt
Two (2) or more pencils (No. 2)
Ball pens (black ink only)
One (1) piece Long Brown Envelope
One (1) piece Long Transparent (non-colored) Plastic Envelope (for keeping your valuables and other allowed items)
Horseshoe Microscope or Magnifying Glass

Dress Code on Exam Day

Here are the specified dress codes from PRC:

For male examinees, tucked-in white polo shirt with collar (without any seal, logo, or mark); decent pants or slacks
For female examinees, tucked-in white blouse or shirt with collar (without any seal, logo, or mark); decent pants or slacks

Prohibited Items Inside the Exam Rooms:

Books, notes, review materials, and other printed materials containing coded information or formulas
Calculators which are programmable or with embedded functions, especially CASIO FX991ES and CASIO FX-991ES plus
Apple, Samsung and other smart watches, cellular phones, ear plugs, transmitters, portable computers, Bluetooth and other electronic devices which may be used for communication purposes;
Bags of any kind (place your documents inside the transparent/plastic envelope)
Other examination aides not stated in this program

All personal belongings of the examinees shall be surrendered to the proctor and shall be placed in a secured space within the examination room.

The rules on the conduct of bodily search, an inspection of personal belongings of the examinees, and the seizure/confiscation of prohibited items during the licensure exam (Annex A of PRC Memorandum Order No. 57, s. 2020) shall be strictly observed.

Coverage of Exam

The February 2025 Criminologists Licensure Exam (CLE) will cover the following topics:

Criminal Jurisprudence, Procedure, And Evidence (criminal law book I, criminal law book II; criminal procedure, evidence, and court testimony)
Law Enforcement Administration (police organization and administration with police planning, industrial security administration, police patrol operations with police communication system, police intelligence, police personnel, and records management, comparative police system)
Criminalistics (personal identification, police photography, forensic ballistics, questioned documents examination, polygraph – lie detection, legal medicine)
Crime Detection And Investigation (fundamentals of criminal investigation, traffic management, accident investigation, special crime investigation, organized crime investigation, drug education, and vice control, fire technology, and arson investigation)
Sociology of Crimes and Ethics (introduction to criminology and psychology of crimes, Philippine criminal justice system, ethics and values, juvenile delinquency, human behavior, and crisis management, and criminological research and statistics)
Correctional Administration (institutional corrections, non-institutional corrections)

PRC Regional Offices Directory

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