Police will be on the lookout for bullies and juvenile trouble makers outside campuses when school starts next week, the spokesperson of the Philippine National Police said on Thursday.
PNP spokesman Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac said police teams on foot patrol will go around school zones for such activities, radio dzBB reported Thursday afternoon.
He said the teams have been briefed to detect and deal with bullying and “rumbles.”
Sindac, however, said the PNP can only intervene if an incident happened outside school premises. He Those inside the school have be dealt with by the school administration, he added.
The new school year is due to start June 2.
Meanwhile, the Department of Trade and Industry on Thursday morning inspected the prices and quality of school supplies in Manila’s busy Divisoria district.
