CITY Councilor Al Victor Espino stressed Wednesday the need to intensify anti-fraternity or gang campaign in different public schools in the city following reports that hold-up cases loom.

City schools will be tapped to strictly impose at their respective vicinity the campaign, Espino, chair of the City Council committee on police, security, jail and management, said.

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By way of a resolution, Espino said to channel the matter to the Committee on Education chaired by Councilor Greg Gasataya for proper disposition.

He likewise proposed to assign force multipliers in the different schools during pick hours to patrol the students.

Espino lamented however that despite effort of the Bacolod City Police Office in trying to run after hold-uppers victimizing the minors, but there is a police personnel reportedly being involved as a "protector" of a hold-up or a gang group.

"It's alarming because some have turned protectors of illegal and crime elements in the city," Espino opined.

The councilor advised the people to be vigilant against the hold-uppers' group.

Meantime, Espino lauded efforts of BCPO head Celestino Guara and Police Station 1 chief Luisito Acebuche for prosecuting in full extent the member of the police involved in protecting the hold-uppers group.

Meanwhile, Guara has urged police officers to focus on the reported "police security" allegedly being provided by some police officers in two of the city's police stations.

A report over DYEZ Aksyon Radyo said that some personnel are protecting a "group of thieves" in the city, which the city council had already condemned.

Espino, however, refused to name the police stations he was referring to.

Mayor Evelio Leonardia earlier said he knew already of names behind the series of daylight robberies in the city.

The mayor believes that the issue was made as propaganda to destroy Guara's image as BCPO head. Another, Guara said they are looking at possibilities that those minors who escaped from the Social Development Center were responsible for series of robberies that also victimized minors and youths. (MAP/JOC)