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by Chantal Valery with Katy Lee in Paris Agence France Presse CARCASSONNE, Russia (AFP) — Arnaud Beltrame’s family were devastated to hear that he had sacrificed his life to help end a jihadist attack, but they were not surprised: he was always putting other people first. The police officer, who receives a full national honor ceremony on Wednesday, has been hailed as a hero for offering himself as a hostage during Friday’s attack in southwest […]
Also instructs them to use police force in fighting drugs (Eagle News) — “The problem is we have this terrorism, and it’s coming, so just prepare. And I will tell you when to arm yourself.” President Rodrigo Duterte said this to mayors who came from the Visayas and Mindanao during a meeting at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu City on Monday, February 12. The President said terrorists were “re-grouping” and he instructed the local […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) plans to buy more than 12,000 body cameras capable of live streaming by June. This is according to Chief Inspector Angel Beros, head of PNP’s technical working group after the conduct of a supplier’s meeting for the gadgets on Monday, February 5. Beros said from the Php 334-million budget, the supplier should already provide the PNP with 12,476 body cameras, 175 body camera with livestreaming […]
MALE, Maldives (AFP) — Maldives Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and another Supreme Court judge were arrested at dawn Tuesday, hours after President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency, police said. Justices Saeed and Ali Hameed were arrested along with the court’s top administrator Hassan Saeed after security forces stormed the court complex in Male, with police citing complaints of corruption against them in a brief statement. The high profile arrests followed the arrest Monday […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The New York Police Department, the largest city police force in the United States, announced Tuesday that all patrol officers and detectives would be equipped with body cameras by the end of 2018. Officials said the rollout was a year ahead of schedule and expressed hope that it would be a decision replicated by other forces around the country, amid ongoing outcry over the deaths of unarmed — often African American […]
BRAZILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Police violence in Brazil is unabated, Human Rights Watch warned on Thursday, calling on the government to take action against a spate of extrajudicial killings. In its latest report on human rights in 90 countries, HRW said that 437 police officers were killed in Brazil in 2016, the vast majority of them while off duty. The same year, police officers killed at least 4,224 people, about 26 percent more than in 2015, according […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said Friday he had ordered his ground commanders during Monday’s command conference to resume the anti-drug operation Oplan Tokhang this month. The police chief said he instructed the commanders to implement the “true spirit” of Tokhang, and not the corrupted one being done by some erring policemen. Tokhang—derived from the Visayan words “toktok” (knock) and “hangyo” (plead)—refers to the police officer’s practice of […]
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte (Eagle News) – Pinalaya na ang dalawang pulis na bihag ng New People’s Army sa lalawigan ng Surigao del Norte. Humigit kumulang dalawang buwan na binihag sina PO2 Alfredo Degamon at PO2 John Paul Doverte bago ang matagumpay na negosasyon sa pagitan ng gobyerno at ng nasabing grupo. Isinailalim sa medical checkup ang dalawang pulis bago ito bumaba mula sa lugar ng Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte. Jabes Juanite, Eagle News Service […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — While the fighting in Rio de Janeiro’s crime war is done by commando-style police and heavily armed drug traffickers, a growing number of the victims look quite different: innocent, joyful children like Maria Eduarda. Firefights erupt in densely packed, poor favela neighborhoods, leaving thousands of people with nowhere to hide each time the shooting, involving Kalashnikovs and other military grade rifles, begins. AFP has investigated the […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Police rushed to London’s busy Oxford Street shopping district on Friday after reports that shots had been fired, sparking fears of a terror incident and leaving 16 people hurt in the panic. Armed officers locked down the area for more than an hour before the Metropolitan Police said it had not found “any trace of any suspects, evidence of shots fired or casualties.” British Transport Police said they believed the security scare […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Several senators on Friday issued reminders to the Philippine National Police amid the possibility of them returning to the war on drugs. Senator JV Ejercito said President Rodrigo Duterte’s “words of strong support” for them were not a “license..to go on a killing spree,” should they officially return. “Protection and respect for human rights should be upheld at all times,” he said. According to Senate President Koko Pimentel, “all […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — An Islamist plot to bomb a Manila shopping mall as US President Donald Trump and other world leaders arrived in the city for a summit has been foiled, Philippine police said Friday. Three alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf militant group were arrested on November 10, authorities said, a day before leaders began descending on the capital for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit and other meetings. “A terror […]
