Talisay City councilor to investigate cannibalization of impounded motorcycles

CEBU, Philippines -  The Talisay City council will adopt a resolution next week in connection with the cannibalization of impounded motorcycles which are in the custody of the Talisay City Police Station in barangay Poblacion.

Councilor Danny Caballero, chairman of the committee on police, told The Freeman yesterday he will investigate the report and will possibly call the attention of the officer-in-charge of the station.

Caballero said he will also ask for the status of the impounded vehicles.

Caballero said he and Vice Mayor Romeo Villarante, chairman of the City of Talisay-Traffic Operation Development Authority (CT-TODA), had discussed the report.

He suggested that immediate action should be taken to solve the problem and to avoid losing the credibility of the police.

Twenty motorcycles are now in the impounding area, some of them already falling to pieces and appear to have been cannibalized.

Superintendent Resty Santos said that when he assumed office the motorcycles were already there.

Santos, who is serving his fourth month as officer-in-charge of the station, said the chassis and engine numbers of the motorcycles are recorded and submitted to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) for purposes of identifying the owners.

He said the police now take pictures of the driver and the impounded vehicle as a policy.

An impounded vehicle is released when the driver shows documents of ownership, he said.  (FREEMAN)