Senator Raffy Tulfo on Thursday, Oct. 9, criticized the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) for its purchase of what he called overpriced body-worn cameras worth P879,000 each in 2020. This was during the subcommittee hearing deliberating the proposed budget of the Department of Transportation (DOTr)...
PALO, Leyte – Police Regional Office-8 commander Police Brig. Gen. Jason Capoy said that aside from quick response, police must do what is right without taking shortcuts in responding to crimes. “Our local PNP here in Region 8 should be quick and fast in responding to criminality. I don’t...
Imagine a bodycam-wearing policeman apprehending a motorist in a road rage. All of a sudden, the bodycam started emitting a beeping sound after an automatic access to the database of the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed that the motorist is wanted for a case of murder. This is the kind of...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan (Facebook) A former Bureau of Immigration (BI) chief-turned-congressman hailed on Sunday, Oct. 22 the agency's decision to use body-worn video cameras for its secondary inspectors. “The...
PNP (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official-turned-congressman has told the Philippine National Police (PNP) to step up its procurement of body-worn cameras or bodycams. This, after Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan learned...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is open to the installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTVs) in the police stations as part of the move to monitor the reported wrongdoings of its personnel. But if that is the case, there should be enough funding for it from the General Appropriations Act...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has received additional 60 body-worn cameras (BWCs) which will be used as to document police operations in its bid to strengthen transparency amid allegations of human rights abuses that hounded the police organization in the past five years. The donation of the...
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....
