The members of the Martilyo Gang must be so flattered right now.
“Chief Superintendent Carmelo Valmoria, National Capital Region Police Office head, has proposed the banning of wearing of sunglasses inside business establishments,” reports Dennis Carcamo on Philstar.com.
According to the report, Valmoria explained that “shoppers can bring their sunglasses inside the malls but have to take them off once they enter stores and business establishments such as banks and money changers.”
Valmoria reportedly made the recommendation during a meeting with mall operators and security personnel last week. In that meeting, Valmoria also suggested that people should be banned from wearing baseball caps inside malls. These suggestions came up because of the December 15 Martilyo Gang heist at SM North EDSA.
Valmoria believes that the measures will “prevent criminals from hiding their faces from CCTV cameras installed inside the establishments.”
The report likewise pointed out that “the Philippine National Police have also recommended that hardware items such as crowbars and hammers bought at the malls to be claimed only outside premises.”
Our suggestion: Why not just ban people from wearing clothes in malls? This way, it will be hard for anyone to conceal their faces or possible weapons. (We’re joking, of course.)
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