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. | ManilaBulletin READ:
Amid the alleged involvement of high-ranking Philippine National Police officials in the cover up of a high-profile, P6.7-billion illegal drug case in October last year, House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto says police should use bodycams more.House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto
“Whether the narcotics seized weigh one kilo or one ton, a video recording is the best receipt there is,” Recto said in a statement Sunday, April 16. Recto noted that the PNP has bodycams in its inventory. “Dapat kasama ‘yan sa OOTD ng mga pulis na sasabak sa mga operasyon laban sa droga .”
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