Police authorities will file cases against parents of 16 minors for their negligence to look after their children who were arrested for attempting to engage in a gang riot April 22 in Bagong Buhay Village, Davao City.
The police are also filing alarm and scandal charges against the suspects, as well as illegal possession of sharp weapons.
According to Davao City Police Office Spokesperson PSI Ma. Teresita Gaspan, the police is currently coordinating with the Barangay Council for Protection of Children in Barangay Paciano Bangoy where the 16 minors, aging 16 and 17, were about to engage in a gang riot.
“As of now, the station is also coordinating with the City Social Services Development Office particularly the Women and Children’s Desk in the barangay since they are in charge of this considering that the suspects are minors,” PSI Gaspan said in an interview on Monday.
The 12 stations of DCPO have been intensifying their patrol in different areas of the city that are prone to gang riots and calling on parents to discourage their children from being involved in gang activities.
Currently, they are conducting intelligence study to identify the profile and background of the different gangs in the city.
The minors, all males, are now in the custody of the women’s desk of Barangay Bangoy.
