By Mortz
C. Ortigoza
POZORRUBIO
– The chief of police (COP) here did not stop to amaze peace and order
spectators about his series of innovations in fighting criminals.
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| INNOVATIVE. Countless laudable and innovative projects of P/Chief Inspector Ryan Manongdo that are worth emulating by police stations all over the country. |
From the
Project Bando, Papa Bear, LAMBAT, ESPADA, Sanib Pwersa, Pulis Nino, and R.A.Ks,
Police Chief Inspector Ryan Manongdo is into Project Selfie (PS).
PS is
where foot police patrollers wear a camera installed helmet to record
activities in the areas of this first class town.
“Sa
tulong ng Project Selfie ng Pozurrobio police nakikita iyong actual na
nangyayari sa isang situation. Agad din itong namo-monitor na gamit ang isang
application sa cellphone,” the former math teacher turned police officer said.
Manongdo,
an alumnus of the Philippine National Police Academy, said PS aims to support
the ongoing Oplan Lambat-Sibat of the PNP through recording of various crime
prevention activities. To achieve this, he said, the following are the
objectives of “Selfie”:
”To
record actual activities of police personnel during the operation, to
protect the personnel from harassment, and to document important visual
informations that have value”.
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| Helmet Camera uses by Australian Police. |
He cited
that the camera did not only protect the police when they are on patrol or
serving a search warrant or warrant of arrest on the fabricated counter-charges
of the culprits but could capture the plate number of the vehicle they are
pursuing, the face of the malefactor, and could be used in the coming Yuletide
Season and the May 2016 election where crime spikes.
“Iyong
police alam niyang nag vi-video siya so behave siya. The community alam din
nila na they are being documented they also behave. So respect begets respect”.
Manongdo,
a Special Action Force’s trained commando, was profusely thankful to the people
and non-government organization (NGO) that keep supporting his laudable
projects that they believe can be emulated not only by the police stations in
the 44 towns and four cities’ Pangasinan but all the police forces all over the
country.
The COP
said one set of the helmet camera cost P6.500.
“We get
two sets donated by three individuals my classmates at Dagupan City National
High School’s batch 1997. They are Onofre Alipio who lives in New York and
Almer Tamayo who lives in Sudan and an OFW from New York Johnny Vega who is
from Pozurrubio,” he said.
“He is a
police whiz kid. At his age he had done a lot of innovations to buttress the
PNP despite its shoe string budget,” a wide eyed source from the NGO quipped.
Manongdo
said the gadget did not violate any law.
“There
is no crime when there is no law punishing it. Ano ang pinag kaiba niyan sa
motorist na me camera sa helmet nila?”
He
argued that it is no different to the CCTV in residences and business
establishments that record the activities in the areas.
Manongdo
cited how the country's police enforcement agency has been left behind in the helmet
camera’s technology by other countries.
“Body camera will be a standard issue
for U.S law enforcement agencies”.
He said
his worthy project here can be of great help in expediting the solution of a
crime as it can be used to review before and after the consummation of a crime in an area.
Australian
Police Sergeant Robert Rea said, in an article “Police are rolling solo with a “back-up” that can’t be beaten”, the
camera helmet technology, which many police now wear on their uniforms, was
used in disputes over red lights, stop signs, seatbelts, and mobile phones (prohibitive
usage).
He said,
in his personal experience, the camera footage had dramatically decreased
complaints and court action.
“It stops complaints against police,
false allegations, but also is a good evidence-gathering tool,” Sgt Rea said.
Police
are also using new motorcycles with computers to do instant police database
searches, rather than waiting in queue over a radio, Rea cited.
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