Police body cameras won’t invade privacy – Palace

By Prince Golez

Malacañang has downplayed the “privacy issues”concerning police-worn body cameras as evidence in court cases.

This, after Philippine National Police Directorate for Logistics Director Maj. Gen. Angelito Casimiro said they are looking into issues of privacy when using video recordings as evidence.

“I don’t think there should be any concerns about privacy kasi iaanunsiyo naman po natin, ng gobyerno iyan na lahat po ng pulis na pupunta sa operations ay may suot nang body cam,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a virtual presser Tuesday.

“Ang mga cameras, kasama po iyan sa tinatawag natin na physical evidence and physical evidence of course when being appreciated by the court is a lot more believable than testimonial kasi hindi po iyan pupuwedeng matakot, hindi po iyan pupuwedeng magsinungaling,” Roque also said.

He added that other countries have adopted the use of body cameras for evidence gathering.

“Wala naman pong issue sa pagtanggap ng body cam as evidence dahil ginagamit na po ito sa napakadaming bansa sa daigdig,” according to him.

“This is physical evidence at ang iri-require lang po siguro is ma-qualify nga kung ano iyong camera at kung sino nagsuot noong camera na iyon at sino nag-turn on ng camera na iyon,” said Roque.

Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)