Cebu City (31 August) -- Those interested to apply for police cadetship may start filing their application forms to the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) before the scheduled deadline set on September 30.

Criteria for admission are the following: natural-born Filipino, of good moral character, single male or female with no child, not younger than 18 and not beyond 22 years old at the time of the admission, height for male must be 5'4" and 5'2" for female, weight must not be more than five kgs. of the standard weight measurement corresponding to height, age and sex, at least high school graduate, no criminal, administrative or civil case or other derogatory record, physically and mentally fit for regimented cadetship training, and not a former cadet of PNPA or other service academics.

Application forms may be obtained from any regional offices including the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC) Regional Training Schools, Deprtment of Interior and Local Government, Commission on Higher Education, Department of Education, Civil Service Commission and the Philippine Information Agency or one may download the form at PNPA website www.pnpa.edu.ph and PPSC www.ppsc.gov.ph.

Applicants may personally submit their application form at the PNPA Registrar's Office or send through mail at PNPA, Camp General Mariano N. Castañeda, 4129 Silang, Cavite.

The PNPA is slated to administer the Cadet Admission Test (CAT) on October 28 at designated test centers nationwide to applicants of the four-year Bachelor of Science in Public Safety Cadetship Program Class 2012.

Coverage of the examination will be on areas namely communication skills, logical and reasoning ability, math and sciences, general information and current events and values and aptitude for the service.