(a) Enforce laws enacted by the Congress and by the Regional Assembly relative to the protection of lives and property of the people; (b) Maintain law and order and ensure public safety; (c) Investigate and prevent crimes, arrest criminal offenders, bring criminal suspects to justice, and assist in their prosecution; (d) Effect other arrest, 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 respect 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. 2. Regional Police Framework and Organization. - The philosophical framework and structural organization of the Special Regional Security Force shall be as follows: (1) It shall be civilian in nature and character; (2) The scope of its operations shall be regional; (3) It shall be headed by a regional director who shall be assisted by two deputies, one for administration and one for operations. The regional director and the two deputies shall come from the ranks of the professional police force, preferably from any province, city, or municipality of the autonomous region; (4) It shall have regional, provincial, and city or municipal offices; (5) At the provincial level, there shall be a provincial office, headed by a provincial director who shall be a professional police officer with a rank of police superintendent, at least; and (6) At the city or municipal level, there shall be an office or station, which shall be headed by a Chief of Police who shall be a professional police officer with the rank of police superintendent for the city and police inspector for the municipality. 20