{"id":149514,"date":"2018-01-29T03:44:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T08:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=149514"},"modified":"2018-01-29T03:44:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T08:44:36","slug":"pdea-issues-rules-on-use-of-body-cameras-in-anti-drug-ops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/29\/pdea-issues-rules-on-use-of-body-cameras-in-anti-drug-ops\/","title":{"rendered":"PDEA issues rules on use of body cameras in anti-drug ops"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109266\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PDEA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109266\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PDEA.jpg\" alt=\"Agents and witnesses particularly media representatives shall mandatorily wear body cameras. (PNA photo)\" width=\"600\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PDEA.jpg 600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PDEA-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agents and witnesses particularly media representatives shall mandatorily wear body cameras. <a href=\"http:\/\/media.pna.gov.ph\/source\/PDEA.jpg\">(PNA photo)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2014 In line with the efforts to ensure transparency in the conduct of the anti-illegal drug campaigns, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has issued guidelines on the use of body cameras during anti-illegal drug operations.<\/p>\n<p>PDEA Director General Aaron N. Aquino said that as far as practicable, use of body cameras is encouraged and media should be invited to cover anti-drug operations, especially for high-impact operations.<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines issued in the conduct of anti-drug operations are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Agents and witnesses particularly media representatives shall mandatorily wear body cameras;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 All media representatives shall likewise wear bullet proof vest, ballistic helmets and other protective gears. Their safety and security shall be ensured by the Ground Commander;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 All media representatives may be allowed to get actual footage of the anti-drug operations and maybe allowed to enter target areas simultaneously with the operating units;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Ground Commander shall collect the body cameras after the anti-drug operation;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The video, or any portion of it, generated during the operation shall never be edited, cut, spliced, or deleted, otherwise, the Regional Director shall be answerable;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The media may be provided with the whole video footage upon request; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 All video footages generated during anti-drug operations must be saved in separate folders in the computer or laptop. The footages shall likewise be archived.<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines were issued to ensure adherence of the operatives to the operational procedures, and to avoid the negative perceptions on the drug operations conducted, Aquino added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 In line with the efforts to ensure transparency in the conduct of the anti-illegal drug campaigns, the Philippine &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[45064,18680],"class_list":["post-149514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-body-cameras-during-anti-illegal-drug-operations","tag-philippine-drug-enforcement-agency-pdea","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149514","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=149514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}