Baguio seeks barangay tanods in schools amid campus violence

Baguio City —VINCENT CABREZA/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

BAGUIO CITY — The city council has urged the deployment of at least one barangay tanod (village watchman,) in every public school across the city’s 128 barangays to strengthen campus security following a series of violent incidents reported in schools nationwide.

The call is contained in Resolution No. 579, Series of 2026, approved on July 3. The measure was announced by the Baguio City Public Information Office (PIO) in a Facebook post published on Friday, July 17.

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