{"id":13239,"date":"2014-06-03T00:24:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T16:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=13239"},"modified":"2025-03-08T09:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T14:23:07","slug":"bi-chief-authorizes-the-use-of-handcuffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/03\/bi-chief-authorizes-the-use-of-handcuffs\/","title":{"rendered":"BI chief authorizes the use of handcuffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13307\" style=\"width: 922px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Siegfred-Mison-Bureau-Immigration-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13307\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Siegfred-Mison-Bureau-Immigration-2.jpg\" alt=\"Hon. Siegfred B. Mison delivering his speech during the opening ceremony of the Philippines-Australia Intelligence Analysis Workshop held on 28 April 2014 at Marco Polo Plaza, Cebu City. BI photo\" width=\"922\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Siegfred-Mison-Bureau-Immigration-2.jpg 922w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Siegfred-Mison-Bureau-Immigration-2-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hon. Siegfred B. Mison\u00a0delivering his speech during the opening ceremony of the Philippines-Australia Intelligence Analysis Workshop held on 28 April 2014 at Marco Polo Plaza, Cebu City. BI photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Bureau of Immigration (BI) personnel have been authorized to handcuff unruly and violent persons at international airports and seaports nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>In an order, Immigration Commissioner Siegfred Mison allows BI airport supervisors to use handcuffs in such extraordinary situations to prevent rowdy passengers from hurting anyone, as well as disrupting airport operations.<\/p>\n<p>He also instructed BI personnel to exercise maximum tolerance when encountering disorderly and violent conduct by a traveler at the point of entry and departure, stressing that he will not tolerate the unnecessary use of force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will have any immigration officer handcuffed, too, if he is found using excessive force,\u201d the BI chief said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy singulair online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/singulair.html\">www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/singulair.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Atty. Elaine Tan, BI spokesperson, explained that plastic handcuffs will be provided to BI personnel.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy avana online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/avana.html\">www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/avana.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before, our officers do not have handcuffs. They are only using hands to pacify or calm down travelers\/passengers,&#8221; she said, adding that such individuals are taken to holding areas so as not to disrupt operations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They will be using handcuffs on extreme or extra ordinary circumstances,&#8221; Tan added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cleocin online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cleocin.html\">www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cleocin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The order was issued in connection with the incident involving a tourist from Beijing, who broke into hysterics and turned wild during inspection by a BI intelligence officer last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Bureau of Immigration (BI) personnel have been authorized to handcuff unruly and violent persons at international airports and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":13307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[2982,4499,4498],"class_list":["post-13239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","tag-bureau-of-immigration","tag-handcuffs","tag-siegfred-mison","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13239","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287717,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13239\/revisions\/287717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}