MMDA creates ‘special ops group’ to hunt EDSA Busway violators

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has organized a special operations group that will go against the violators of the “exclusive” Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) Busway.

It can be recalled that the Department of Transportation has released a new guideline or an updated list of the allowed vehicles in the controversial thoroughfare.

Dubbed Special Operations Group, the said team is tasked to implement a more intensified campaign against erring motorists who are unauthorized to use the EDSA Busway.

They operate under the direct supervision of former Nueva Ecija Mayor and MMDA Assistant General Manager for Operations David Angelo Vargas and Deputy Officer-In-Charge Gabriel Go.

Members of MMDA’s new Special Operations Group are also equipped with body-worn cameras 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,” commented Vargas.

“This also eliminates hearsay and he-said-she-said arguments,” he added.

Photos from MMDA Facebook page

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