Baguio mayor to cops: Up visibility in city schools

By Aileen P. Refuerzo

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan on Monday directed the city police under police director Jesus Cambay Jr. to increase police visibility in all public and private schools in the city to deter crimes and maintain order in the school areas.

            

Cambay committed to beef up their manpower deployment in said areas as requested.

            

The city council later approved a resolution authored by Councilor Roberto Ortega asking the city police to implement city resolutions for the augmentation of police visibility to maintain peace and order in said areas.

            

“Delinquencies, misconducts and criminalities are clearly rampant in said areas which lead to untoward crimes.  Crime prevention group or any relation organization in preventing crimes of the school is not enough to control inhibit crimes,” Ortega noted.

            

He cited three past resolutions expressing the same intent.

            

Theft remains as the most prevalent crime in the city and most of these happen in crowded places like university belts.

            

Cambay acknowledged the need to deploy more policemen in schools also as a means to curb youth offenses.