- Title: PHILIPPINES: PHILIPPINE POLICE FORCE DECLARES WAR ON ITS OVERWEIGHT OFFICERS
- Date: 10th March 2000
- Summary: MANILA, PHILIPPINES (RECENT - MARCH 10, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF POLICEMEN DOING MASS EXERCISE 0.10 2. MV/SCU: POLICE OFFICERS DANCING TO "YMCA" (2 SHOTS) 0.43 3. VARIOUS: POLICEMEN JABBING/ DANCING (2 SHOTS) 1.19 4. SV: INSPECTOR MEASURES WAIST OF A COP WITH A SIGN AT THE BACKGROUND THAT READS "OPERATION POT BELLY" (English) 1.25 5. VARIOUS OF COPS' WAISTS BEING MEASURED (3 SHOTS) 1.48 6. SV: COPS UNDERGOING PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 1.55 7. SV:MANILA POLICE CHIEF'S WAIST BEING MEASURED 1.55 8. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANILA POLICE CHIEF GENERAL AVELINO RAZON SAYING: "It doesn't look good when policemen have large stomachs and they are not physically fit. Having a pot belly means you are not in good condition". 2.14 9. SV: GENERAL RAZON'S WAIST BEING MEASURED THEN SMILES / (SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) GENERAL RAZON SAYING: "Thirty three and inches and a half! I still have half an inch to fill!" 2.29 10. SV/MV: POLICEMAN ON DUTY DURING A PROTEST RALLY OUTSIDE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE (2 SHOTS) 2.45 11. SV: POLICEMAN IN UNIFORM GUARDING UNIVERSITY AREA 2.51 12. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) SISTER AILEEN, SCHOOL TEACHER, SAYING: "When one is overweight, it's because he has no discipline. The reason why most of our police officers' tummies are bulging is because they just sit all day, doing nothing. And people equate this with corruption because all we hear about these cops are reports of abuses and graft." 3.17 13. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) JOEL ESPINOSA, STUDENT, SAYING: "Not all cops with pot bellies are corrupt. You don't just look at the physique of a cop to say he is a responsible police officer. The idea to fire overweight cops from the service to change the image of the police force is wrong. They can't change the perception of the people towards the police force based on the size of their tummy." 3.42 14. VARIOUS OF POLICEMEN JOGGING (2 SHOTS) 3.57 15. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT REY PADOLINA SAYING: "It's good for the health! Sound mind and sound body equals efficiency." 4.11 16. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) POLICE OFFICER PETRONILO SUMAMBONG SAYING: "I don't believe that cops with big bellies are not disciplined. No. Pot bellied cops are just those with a lot of friends who invite them to fiestas, weddings... these are the real cops, those who have big bellies because they have so many friends." 4.27 17. VARIOUS OF POLICE DANCING/ EXERCISING (2 SHOTS) 4.48 Initials SEQ.3 VERY FUNNY Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
- Country: Philippines
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