A bill requiring police officers to wear body cams was filed yesterday in honor of slain teen Kian delos Santos, the 17-year-old shot and killed by police officers during an anti-drug operation.
According to CNN Philippines, House Bill 6250, or “The Kian delos Santos Body Cam Act of 2017,” was filed by Representative Aniceto Bertiz III of the ACTS-OFW party-list.
“I file this bill in honor of Kian and other minors who perished in police operations so that their untimely deaths will not be in vain,” Bertiz said in a statement.
The bill asks for PHP200 million pesos (USD4 million) for the cameras. The lawmaker said that the technology should help protect civil liberties.
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian filed a similar bill in the Senate last week, according to GMA News. He said that his version of the bill would require police to record the entire operation from deployment until “end of mission.”
Philippine National Police Director Ronald dela Rosa had already said last July that he was in favor of body cameras for police officers.
