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Anthony H. Chiu
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 5
(PIA) --Crimes in Bohol may have increased by 593 cases in January to March of
2015 compared to the first three months of 2014, but Camp Dagohoy also reported
a high crime solution efficiency this year as against the first three months of
2014.
At the
provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting on April 29, Camp
Dahohoy operations chief PSupt. Jeffrey Caballes reported crimes in Bohol from
January to March last year reached 1,605. However, for the first quarter of
this year crime stats reached 2,202 a noted increase of 523 cases.
Caballes quickly
pointed out that the total solved cases for the first three months this year
reached 1,221 as compared to the same period of 2014 with only 359 cases
solved.
According to
Caballes non-index crimes in 2014 reached 618 cases while index crimes
totaled 993. By first quarter this year non index crimes soared to
928 while index crimes went as high as 1,274.
Topping the crime
types for the three months term is physical injuries, which comprised 43%
eating 543 cases of the total crime pie. Of these cases, 327 are
vehicular accidents and another less than a hundred of which are slight
physical injuries to mauling incidents, Camp Dagohoy reports read.
After physical
injuries, theft and robbery rank second at 34% or 430 cases and 13% at 168 cases
respectively.
"Statistics
reflect that theft and physical injury remains to be the most prevalent crimes
in the distribution of index crimes," but "physical Injury as broken
down shows that most of these incidents are not human inflicted crimes but [are]
due to human errors or traffic related accidents," Caballes said.
In its assessment,
Camp Dagohoy said, "to date, illegal drugs especially shabu still remains
the number one problem in the province."
Notwithstanding daily
arrests through buy-busts and raids police authorities still consider the
drug menace as among the potent threats on the prevailing peace and order in
the province.
"Despite of the
continues anti-illegal drug operations, several illegal personalities are yet
to be neutralized," police assessment stated. (mbcn/rahc/PIA7-Bohol)