Bacolod Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. yesterday said he will study the possibility of proposing an Anti-Barking Ordinance that will prohibit illegal dispatchers in Bacolod City.

Gamboa, chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Traffic, said they have set parameters and policies that will govern, discipline and regulate the dispatchers in the city during a committee hearing yesterday at City Hall.

The hearing was attended by representatives of the transport groups, the dispatchers, the Sectoral Concerns Office and the Bacolod Traffic Authority.

Gamboa said an applicant dispatcher must be 18 years old and above, must be endorsed by his barangay of residence, the Sectoral Concern Office, and any drivers’ association. He will be required to undergo drug test, attend a series of education orientation seminars, and must secure a police clearance.

Once he has complied with these requirements, he will be issued an ID by the city, and will be required to wear a uniform for easy identification of the city’s traffic enforcers, he added.

Gamboa said it is the BTAO that will recommend a specific area where the dispatchers will be allowed. There are about 149 loading and unloading areas in Bacolod City.

The barkers have the right to be organized under City Ordinance 432, Series of 2007, or the Informal Sectors Ordinance, he said.

Members of the regulated dispatchers’ group will facilitate traffic assistance to the traffic enforcers on duty, on a voluntary basis, Gamboa said.

Those caught demanding a certain amount of money from the drivers or vandalizing any property may be charged of robbery, and other penalties, he said.*CGS

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