PNP to use NCAP cameras for faster response time

The Philippine National Police said it will use the cameras of the No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) to improve its response time versus crime in Metro Manila.

In his Monday report on 24 Oras, Joseph Morong said the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has already caught over 10,000 traffic violators since the NCAP cameras resumed its operations last May.

There are currently 21 cameras monitoring the EDSA Bus Carousel while 162 are placed along the entire stretch of EDSA. Aside from artificial intelligence (AI) the CCTV cameras are manned by CCTV operators of the MMDA.

Citing the NCAP system’s effectiveness, PNP chief Police General Nicolas Torre III said it could also be used in its anti-crime efforts in the metropolis.   

A demonstration on Monday resulted in a two minute response time– one minute faster on what the new PNP chief is challenging the police force to be present at the scene of a crime.

Torre said a police officer with direct communication to the PNP command center will be assigned at the MMDA traffic control facility. 

“Maglalagay na kami rito ng pulis na may radyo na naka connect derecho sa ating command center so derecho dispatch na,” Torre said. 

(We will have a police officer with a radio here to help coordinate direct dispatches with our command center.)

Meanwhile, the MMDA on Monday announced that it has launched a website that will allow drivers to check if they violated the NCAP. —RF, GMA Integrated News