CAMP ALEJO SANTOS, Bulacan, Philippines — A police officer is being investigated for allegedly assaulting a minor at a checkpoint in Baliwag, Bulacan.
The 17-year-old boy and his father filed a complaint against the police officer, who allegedly struck the minor with a firearm, causing the victim to suffer a fractured arm.
The boy’s father told the National Police Commission (Napolcom) that his son and a friend, who were on a motorcycle, drove past two police officers standing along the Baliwag-Pulilan Bypass Road on Oct. 31.
The father said the boys did not notice that the area was a checkpoint due to the absence of proper signages.
One of the officers pulled over the motorcycle and allegedly hit the boy with a rifle for ignoring the checkpoint.
The minors sped away, but they were intercepted and brought to the police station where a policewoman examined the boy’s injury and dismissed it as mere bruising.
The father brought his son to a hospital where the minor’s arm was subjected to an x-ray.
Napolcom Commissioner Ralph Calinisan questioned the police for failing to refer the minor for medical examination, noting that the circumstances required medical intervention and documentation.
Bulacan police director Col. Jay Baybayan said a thorough investigation would be conducted into the incident.