BCPO INTENSIFIES OPERATION ON MOTOR VEHICLE WITH DEFECTIVE MUFFLERS

October 13, 2023 Metro BLISTT

BAGUIO CITY

In compliance with the directive of Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong to enforce a campaign against
motorcycles with loud mufflers, the Baguio City Police Office presided over a meeting on the
campaign against Loud Motor Vehicles Muffler at Kapanalig Hall BCPO, Baguio City on October 10.
The meeting was attended by the key officers, Station Commanders/Chief of Operating Units, BCPO Legal Office, and Highway Patrol Group (HPG) Cordillera.

Baguio’s Finest intensifies apprehensions of motor vehicles with defective or improper mufflers around the city, along with the Land Transportation Office (LTO), Highway Patrol Group (HPG) Cordillera, and the Public Order and Safety Division. City Director Col. Francisco Bulwayan,Jr., directed Station Commanders to set up checkpoints and deploy deputized traffic aids by the LTO to crack down on motor vehicles with defective or improper mufflers.

He also tapped the assistance of the HPG Cordillera to deploy personnel deputized by the LTO to conduct checkpoints on motor vehicles with defective or improper mufflers. The team is to submit a
daily accomplishment report starting October 10, 2023 of the apprehensions done on owners or motor vehicles with defective or improper mufflers around the city. The penalty for the violation of the LTO provision on unauthorized or improper use of accessories, devices, equipment, and parts is
P5,000.00 while imposed penalty for defective parts is also P5,000.00.

BCPO PIO Release