Originally Posted by
Shazouzu
I never got in trouble here, but I heard the cops here use more physical force than the ones in America. In all shopping malls you have to go through a body scanner machine where male and female cops/security-guards are guarding at scene, as well as other guards all over the mall. The cops tend to be quite friendly unless you do something really suspicious. Jails/prisons in Philippines are much shittier compared to US ones; the government doesn't really have the money to develop 1st world type of prisons. In US prisons it is much cleaner and organized in comparison with much more luxuries such as an extensive commissary list and facilities such as gym and library; nothing really like that in Philippine prisons.
I found US cops tend to be more suspicious when some dude is walking around residential areas very late at night. They'd be like "What are you doing out late this night?"; [response]: "Oh nothing, just going out for a late night walk. Is there something wrong with that?" [cop]: "Well we get a lot of car thefts here. Plus it's getting late, shouldn't you be in bed now?" - Then a quick body search/ age check for curfew, and the end...In Manila they're not really as suspicious unless it's something obviously serious/a threat.
In Philippines it's much more rare to find cops patrolling Manila streets. On US streets I've observed the abundance of cops patrolling suburban streets in their cop cars. In Manila there are plenty of security guards everywhere, but less street-patrolling cop cars.
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