{"id":11638,"date":"2017-01-03T11:01:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T03:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=11638"},"modified":"2017-01-03T13:51:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T05:51:35","slug":"traffic-enforcers-in-manila-to-wear-body-cameras-this-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/01\/03\/traffic-enforcers-in-manila-to-wear-body-cameras-this-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic enforcers in Manila to wear \u2018body cameras\u2019 this 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a report published by <a href=\"http:\/\/thestandard.com.ph\/news\/metro\/225701\/body-cams-for-manila-enforcers.html\">Manila Standard<\/a>, Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau (MTPB) traffic enforcers will wear body cameras this year to eliminate corruption as directed by Manila Mayor Joseph \u201cErap\u201d Estrada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11639\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/01\/mtpb1-300x336.gif\" alt=\"mtpb1-300x336\" width=\"300\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Image grabbed from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.remate.ph\/2015\/02\/mtpb-inireklamo-sa-pangingikil\/\">remate.ph<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to Estrada, the use of body cameras is an effective way to cut down corruption and misbehavior among the traffic enforcers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, MTPB chief Dennis Alcoreza said, as cited by <a href=\"http:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/858668\/manila-traffic-enforcers-to-start-wearing-body-cameras\">Philippine Daily Inquirer<\/a>, that this initiative would also serve as protection for the traffic enforcers against rude motorists.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the target is to have one body camera per enforcer and give each of them a communication radio as well.<\/p>\n<p>Based on reports, the cost of a body camera unit is around P8,500 to P12,000.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/thestandard.com.ph\/news\/metro\/225701\/body-cams-for-manila-enforcers.html\">Manila Standard<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/858668\/manila-traffic-enforcers-to-start-wearing-body-cameras\">Philippine Daily Inquirer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau (MTPB) traffic enforcers will wear body cameras this year to eliminate corruption as directed by Manila Mayor Joseph \u201cErap\u201d Estrada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1819,1820,1821],"class_list":["post-11638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-manila-traffic-and-parking-bureau-mtpb","tag-manila-traffic-and-parking-bureau-mtpb-traffic-enforcers","tag-manila-traffic-enforcers"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/01\/mtpb1-300x336.gif","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11652,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11638\/revisions\/11652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}