NCRPO bans caps for mall-goers

[Monseratto]

Next, bawal sumuot ng shades... tapos mga nakabalbas na mahaba...

By Non Alquitran, The Philippine Star
Posted at 12/23/2013 9:46 AM | Updated as of 12/23/2013 9:46 AM

MANILA - After a ban on buying hammers, shoppers will now be told not to wear caps in malls to prevent robberies, a police official said yesterday.

“From now on, the wearing of caps would be banned in malls. Those wearing it would be advised to take it off and place or keep them inside their bags or in their pockets,” National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Director Carmelo Valmoria said in an interview.

Mall owners will display signs against the wearing of caps at entrances while security guards will strictly enforce the ban in a polite manner, he added.

The decision was arrived at during a series of meetings with mall operators and security managers in Metro Manila, he said.

Valmoria sought the meetings to come up with ideas how to enhance security in malls and prevent robberies like the one committed at SM North EDSA two Sundays ago.

In the meetings, the participants observed that robbers wear caps to prevent closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras from capturing their images.

In the SM North EDSA robbery, the robbers used hammers to smash the glass display cases and take around P5 million worth of jewelry. While at the SM MOA, the robber took P50,000 and three cell phones, but not before beating up and hogtying the store’s employee.

In the two heists, the CCTV cameras got clear shots of the robbers – with caps shielding their faces, Valmoria said.

Because of the SM North-EDSA robbery, Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II banned the purchase of hammers in malls.

Valmoria said it was also agreed in the meeting with mall operators and security managers that the purchase of hammers would be allowed but the buyers can claim them at designated claim corners near the malls’ exits.

[vinj]

Paano na yung mga hip-hop sa mall?

[Retz]

sana pwede rin mag suot kahit naka harap sa likod ung peak. pakunswelo na lang nila un.

[falken]

Para di na sila mahirapan. Just ban people from going to malls.

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[CLAVEL3699]

NakaCAP ako kahapon sa magnolia hindi naman ako sinita.

[c_cube]

ang talino ng mga pulis natin.. saludo ako

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[uls]

yeah great... give up some of your civil liberties to feel safer

before you know it you'll be living in a police state

[crazy_boy]

dapat ipagbawal na din pagsuot ng brief, bra, and panty sa malls

[gongrhey]

Pano na yung mga wala ng buhok na itinatago sa pag gamit ng cap, di na sila mag mmall. Wala talaga itong mga pulis natin.

[joemarski]

Bakit hindi na lang nila pag- hubarin ang mga tao (kahit TOPLESS lang :slurp: )
para mabawasan ang mga taong carrying concealed weapon? :thumbup: