MMDA assures manual review of NCAP violations

STRICT MONITORING. Personnel from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) monitor traffic and road conditions from the MMDA command center in Pasig City on Monday (May 26, 2025). The MMDA on Wednesday (May 28) assured that violations captured through AI-powered CCTV cameras under the no-contact apprehension policy are personally checked by its personnel. (Photo courtesy: Joan Bondoc / PNA)

By Raymond Carl Dela Cruz | Philippine News Agency

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Wednesday assured that all violations captured through artificial intelligence (AI)-powered closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras under the no contact apprehension policy (NCAP) are personally checked by its personnel.

“Mano-mano po itong susuriin ng mga personnel ng NCAP. Mai-invalidate po ito kung mali ang pagkakahuli lalo na kung mave-verify na nag-give way sa mga emergency vehicles,” MMDA said in a message to reporters.

In addition, those who received a notice of violation may file an appeal to the MMDA Traffic Adjudication Division online through this link: https://bit.ly/3J62YhH.

The agency’s remarks came in response to public concerns that giving way to emergency vehicles can be considered a violation under the NCAP.

In a radio interview, MMDA Chair Romando Artes said NCAP personnel are mostly deaf-mutes who are tasked with manually reviewing violations caught by their AI CCTV.

He said the AI CCTVs are only placed on EDSA, with other thoroughfares in Metro Manila equipped with regular high-definition CCTVs, digital cameras, and personnel with other gadgets such as speed guns and handheld cameras.

As of 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, the MMDA reported a total of 552 violations caught through the NCAP, more than the 549 apprehensions made on Tuesday from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Meanwhile, a total of 1,112 violations were caught through the NCAP on Monday, the first day of the resumption of the policy.

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