TACLOBAN CITY – Police Regional Office-8 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jay Cumigad led the blessing and turnover of 54 4G high-definition body worn cameras (BWCs) in Camp Kangleon, Palo, Leyte, on Wednesday. Sixteen were given to the Ormoc City Police Office, 10 to the Tacloban CPO, five each to...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, August 15 renewed his call for lawmakers to expedite the passage of the bill mandating the use of body cameras during anti-illegal drug and other anti-crime operations. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB Photo) The senator said he finds...
Senator Rafael ‘’Raffy’’ Tulfo wants law enforcement personnel to use body-worn cameras during special police operations and other activities to ensure transparency and strengthen evidence quality. This after Tulfo filed Senate Bill (SB) 2199, or “Body-worn Camera Act” which will apply...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Even without the enactment of a law, the Philippine National Police (PNP) should make it a requirement to have those sent to anti-drug operations use body-worn cameras, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said on Monday, April 17. Estrada said the Supreme Court (SC) already...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook) The Philippine National Police (PNP) should stop relying on closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras hoisted on lampposts and instead turn to body-worn cameras (bodycams) in accounting for operations, including drug busts....
Body-worn cameras (BWCs) recently procured by the Philippine National Police (PNP) have been deployed in various border control points in Metro Manila in a move to facilitate the command and control of policemen on the ground especially during rush hours when monstrous traffic jams are expected....
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has issued a memorandum directing all its personnel to use body-worn cameras (BWCs) while serving search or arrest warrants in compliance with the rules set by the Supreme Court, a move seen as a milestone for transparency amid allegations of human rights abuses...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered a massive information drive for operating policemen on the rules issued by the Supreme Court in using the body-worn cameras and in serving search and arrest warrants. Eleazar said he had already tasked the...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Saturday, July 10, the creation of a Technical Working Group (TWG) that will study and incorporate the rules on the use of the body-worn cameras issued by the Supreme Court to the existing protocols of the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has taken the initiative of soliciting body-worn cameras (BWCs) from local government units and the private sector in a bid to equip as many of its police units with the gadget which is seen as a tool to ensure transparency in the conduct of operations,...
Senator Grace Poe said Wednesday, July 7, that she is counting on the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Supreme Court (SC) to assure the proper use of body-worn cameras and footages of police operations. Philippine National Police chief General Guillermo Eleazar shows how to wear the body...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has taken the initiative of getting more body-worn cameras (BWCs) through donations from Local Government Units (LGUs) and other private individuals and groups. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said there are already several LGUs and other groups that...
