{"id":150337,"date":"2018-01-31T23:11:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T04:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=150337"},"modified":"2018-02-01T04:36:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T09:36:04","slug":"recto-criticizes-pnps-move-of-buying-dogs-instead-of-bodycams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/31\/recto-criticizes-pnps-move-of-buying-dogs-instead-of-bodycams\/","title":{"rendered":"Recto criticizes PNP’s move of buying dogs instead of bodycams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Recto said that the PNP has excluded in their request the procurement of body cameras despite the public\u2019s demand for the credibility of the anti-drug operations. (Photo: Sen. Ralph Recto\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2014 Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto\u00a0questioned the move of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in prioritizing more than half-a-million-peso bomb-sniffing dogs instead of buying body cameras which will be used in the government\u2019s drug war.<\/p>\n

Recto said that the PNP has excluded in their request the procurement of body cameras despite the public\u2019s demand for transparency in the anti-drug operations.<\/p>\n

The senator added that the police bought 48 bomb-sniffing dogs worth P511, 672 instead of the said cameras.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile there was already a public clamor for policemen to wear bodycams\u00a0during antidrug sweeps, the PNP omitted bodycams in their request, choosing\u00a0instead 48 bomb-sniffing dogs with a price tag of P511,672 each,\u201d Recto said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Outgoing\u00a0PNP Director General Ronald \u201cBato\u201d Dela Rosa said during the relaunch of \u201cOplan Tokhang\u201d on Monday that he can\u2019t promise a hundred percent of \u201cbloodless\u201d crackdown against illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

He also expressed readiness in vacating his post if there would be a leader who assures that no drug suspect will die in the government\u2019s anti-drug campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t control it that\u2019s why there is a drug problem and we are trying to address this problem. On the way of addressing this problem, we also have to protect ourselves, preserve our own life and life of the stranger that\u2019s why I cannot give you 100 percent or foolproof anti-drug campaign or bloodless campaign,\u201d Dela Rosa said in mix Filipino and English.<\/p>\n

Recto then called on the PNP to fast-track its\u00a0procurement of P334-million worth of body cameras to be worn by policemen as the budget was already\u00a0approved by Congress to be included in the 2018 national budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cCamp Crame should expedite their procurement and check other items in the\u00a0PNP equipment shopping list, which this year\u2019s General Appropriations Act has\u00a0already funded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The senator also said that P1.9 billion of the P5.6 billion included in the 2017 national budget for\u00a0police modernization was released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) last August.<\/p>\n

He added that it seemed the PNP missed out the procurement of the body cams.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, bodycams were included in subsequent releases, if there were. By September, may balanse pa na P3.7 billion doon sa P5.6 B na pondo for police modernization,\u201d Recto said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they were not able to buy bodycams for the rest of 2017, they should prioritize the P334 million for cameras already included in the 2018 budget. They should prove that they act fast in the purchase of their equipment,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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