00:00The Philippine National Police, or PNP, is now assessing to use non-lethal weapons for emergency response.
00:06These include baton, pepper spray, and taser gun.
00:09According to PNP Chief Police General Nicolás Torre III, this follows the incident in Iloilo,
00:16wherein a suspect acting violently while holding a knife was shot dead by a police.
00:21The suspect sustained gunshot wounds in the chest and was declared dead on arrival.
00:26The investigation is still ongoing to know if there were lapses conducted by the police while responding to the said incident.
