Pursuant to Executive Order No. 773, series of 2009, entitled "Further Reorganizing the Peace and Order Council," Peace and Order Councils shall be organized at the Regional, Provincial, City, and Municipal levels.

   The Peace and Order Council (POC) is the government's platform for Stronger collaboration of the local government unit (LGU) with law enforcement agencies and the community to fight criminality, illegal drugs, insurgency, and violent extremism. It creates an enabling environment among its members to harmonize and effectively implement peace and order and public safety activities.

       Section 9 of DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2019-143 or the Omnibus Guidelines for Peace and Order Councils (POCS) reiterates that the POC Performance Audit shall be conducted annually to identify the compliance rating of sub-national POCS and POC Secretariats.