A sub-committee in the House of Representative vowed to settle the technical requirements for the mandatory installation of close-circuit television or CCTV cameras as part of the process in consolidating 12 similar bills.
Pangasinan Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, a member of the House Committee on Public Order and Safety, said the panel and stakeholders will also settle the specifications of CCTV in the next sub-committee hearing.
Bataoil is leading the technical working group or TWG that is tasked to consolidate all the 12 measures, which aim to install surveillance cameras in public places as well as certain private or commercial establishments.
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The former Philippine National Police or PNP director-general also committed to set a minimum capital that businesses would need in order to meet the new requirement for the eyed mandatory installation of CCTV cameras.
The draft substitute bill was based on House Bill No. 4284 or “CCTV Cameras for Crime Prevention of 2014” of Valenzuela City Congressman Win Gatchalian, which will be merged with HB Nos. 425, 618, 620, 774, 2449, 3129, 3261, 3597, 3835, 3836, and 3838.
“We (TWG) do not want to put a burden on micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses in passing a bill on CCTV that is why we plan to settle (in our next TWG meeting) the minimum capital of businesses where cameras should be installed, “ Bataoil said.
“We will also take note on the specifications and decide on the technical details of the camera that will be required to be installed in public places and business establishments,” he added.
During the third sub-committee hearing, Northern Samar Rep. Emil Ong appealed to other lawmakers in the sub-committee to take into account the situation of small entrepreneurs in requiring business establishments to set up CCTVs.
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“Merong mga restaurant o carinderia that only have a capital of fifty thousand to one hundred thousand pesos so, to be practical and to be fair to them, we should consider the situation of these small businessmen who cannot afford the installation and maintenance of CCTV (cameras),” Ong said.
Meanwhile, the PNP and the National Bureau of Investigation or NBI both advised the House panel to ensure that the equipment to be used in the mandatory CCTV installation will be required to produce high quality footages in the new consolidated bill.
In his position paper dated November 19, NBI Director Virgilio Mendez explained that establishments with “reasonable expectation of crime” should be equipped with high resolution CCTV cameras.
The law enforcement bureau further suggested that the footage of surveillance cameras should have a retention period of three to six months to prevent the deletion of footages that might become relevant to criminal cases.
For his part, PNP Police Director General Alan Purisima recommended that the technical requirements of CCTV cameras be indicated in the Implementing Rules and Regulations or IRR in view of varying technology available in the market.
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Purisima, in a separate position paper dated December 9, also pointed out the need for a backup system so that CCTV footages can be requested or recovered even after 60 days of investigation. (Timothy Alcantara)
