Opposition Senator Francis N. Pangilinan has filed for the second time his “Body Camera Act’’ requiring the use of body cameras as standard equipment during police operations to protect the public against police abuses and misconduct.
Pangilinan said he filed his bill in memory of Kian Delos Santos, 17, who was gunned down by policemen in an alleged illegal drugs operations.
Pangilinan, president of the Liberal Party , maintained that Kian is just one of the thousands of people killed because of resisting arrest. The Philippine National Police had said that a total of 6,847 drug suspects have been killed in alleged shootouts with the police from July 1, 2016 to July 31, 2019.
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