59 (c) Investigate and prevent crimes, arrest criminal offenders, bring criminal suspects to justice, and assist in their prosecution; (d) Effect other arrests, searches, and seizures in accordance with the Constitution and pertinent laws; (e) Detain persons for a period not exceeding what is prescribed by law, inform the person so detained of all his or her rights under the Constitution, and observe the human rights of all people in the autonomous region; (f) Process applications for the licensing of firearms for approval by the proper official of the Philippine National Police; (g) Initiate drives for the licensing or surrender of unlicensed firearms; confiscate unlicensed firearms after such drives are over; prosecute or recommend to the President the grant of amnesty or pardon to possessors of unlicensed firearms who surrender them; and (h) Perform such other duties and exercise all other functions as may be provided by law enacted by Congress or by the Regional Assembly. SEC. 6. Observance of Constitution and Laws. – The Regional Police Force shall be charged with the preservation of peace, the maintenance of law and order, and the protection of life, liberty, and property in the autonomous region in consonance with the Constitution and pertinent legislation. The Regional Police Force shall be run professionally and free from partisan political control. The discharge of its functions shall be done impartially and with professional integrity. It shall be constrained by and accountable to the law. SEC. 7. Regional Police Framework and Organization. – The philosophical framework and structural organization of the Regional Police Force shall be as follows: