The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority launched a restructured operations group that will go against violators of the exclusive EDSA busway policy, as one of its main tasks.
Now named Special Operations Group, they will be under the direct supervision of Assistant General Manager for Operations Assistant Secretary David Angelo Vargas and its deputy officer-in-charge Gabriel Go.
Under the restructured group, a more intensified campaign against erring motorists who are unauthorized to use the EDSA Busway will be conducted.
Vargas, for his part, said that apprehending officers will have body-worn cameras with them to serve “as a protection for the enforcers and the apprehended motorists.”
“Our body-worn cameras are connected to our Communications and Command Center and its feed cannot be edited and the device cannot be turned off, as well.”
“Our body-worn cameras are connected to our Communications and Command Center and its feed cannot be edited and the device cannot be turned off, as well,” he said,
“This also eliminates hearsays and he-said-she-said arguments,” he added.
The AGM for Operations also noted that the stiffer fines on EDSA Busway violations are effective as he attributed it to the decline of the number of apprehended motorcycle riders and drivers.
There are 41 violators who have been issued citation tickets due to EDSA Busway violation.
As of 9am today, November 28, there are 41 violators who have been issued citation tickets due to EDSA Busway violation; 23 of which are motorcycles, 17 are four-wheeled vehicles, and 1 public utility bus.
During the first week of the implementation of higher fines versus EDSA busway violators starting November 13, there were 1,262 motorists apprehended while the MMDA registered 345 apprehensions last week.
