{"id":116794,"date":"2017-09-08T03:31:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T07:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=116794"},"modified":"2017-09-08T03:31:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T07:31:24","slug":"pnp-willing-to-equip-operatives-with-body-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/08\/pnp-willing-to-equip-operatives-with-body-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"PNP willing to equip operatives with body cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109279\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PNP.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109279\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PNP.png\" alt=\"FILE: If given enough funds, the Philippine National Police would acquire body cameras it can use to equip police officers during field operations. (PNA Photo)\" width=\"200\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: If given enough funds, the Philippine National Police would acquire body cameras it can use to equip police officers during field operations. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0If given enough funds, the Philippine National Police would acquire body cameras it can use to equip police officers during field operations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re very open to having the body cameras, (if given enough) funds (then) we will purchase the body cameras and be used during operations,&#8221; PNP Spokesperson Chief Supt. Dionardo Carlos said in a press briefing Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos said currently, when documenting sensitive operations, a police officer is tasked to operate a video camera and film the entire proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said he is planning to file a bill requiring policemen to wear body cameras to collect video footage of all drug raids implemented following the killing of 17-year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos during an anti-illegal drug operation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Footage collected from police body cams would provide concrete evidence to hold police scalawags administratively and criminally liable for violating their oath to\u00a0serve and protect the people,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gatchalian said recorded video evidences of all anti-illegal drugs operations would be &#8220;a powerful tool&#8221; to ensure transparency and accountability in the execution of the government&#8217;s drug war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0If given enough funds, the Philippine National Police would acquire body cameras it can use to equip police officers during &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[23347,23346,9418],"class_list":["post-116794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-body-cameras","tag-equip","tag-pnp","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}