Mayor Isko Moreno
Early last week, we in the city government of Manila launched the “no contact apprehension” program (NCAP) in an effort to do away with the hassles that usually attend apprehensions made by our traffic enforcers.
As we all know, arguments, accidents as well as accusations and counter-accusations that sometimes lead to fisticuffs arise from face-to-face apprehensions between traffic enforcers particularly of the Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau (MTPB) and motorists. The new scheme will limit all that, specially human interaction so that it is even an added measure against COVID transmission.
With the NCAP in place, it means that 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, there will be ‘enforcers’ monitoring traffic violations. Only this time, the monitoring would be via technology using cameras.