BY: ELVIRA C. BONGOSIA
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 28
(PIA)--The City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) warned city residents of a new
modus operandi involving a group of burglars roaming around onboard a Starex
van.
According to the report, the group
utilizes a Starex van to cover the façade of a store or business establishment
burglarized and used it as their get-away vehicle.
This was raised during the monthly CPOC
meeting held recently at the Panda Tea Garden in Dao, Tagbilaran City presided
by Tagbilaran City Mayor John Geesnell “Baba” Yap II.
During the meeting, Yap said the Bohol
Bankers Association requested for more police visibility in the business
district particularly along Carlos P. Garcia Avenue, where most banks are
located.
Mayor Yap assured the public that the
city government will provide more CCTV cameras to be installed in strategic
areas of Tagbilaran City in addition to those that are monitored by the
provincial government’s quick response team called the Telephone and Radio
System Integrated Emergency Response (TaRSIER 117).
The Mayor added that the Bohol Bankers
Association is set to donate motorcycles for the Tagbilaran City police force.
During the CPCO meeting, Tagbilaran
City Police Chief Jovito Atanacio presented the City PNP’s comparative crime
statistics for January and February of this year.
Crime volume for February increased by
13, reaching 96 as compared to 83 for January. However, crimes solved for the
month of February decreased to 30 as compared to 32 for January.
Index crime for February is high,
reaching 81 as compared to only 66 for the month of January. For non-index
crimes, the city PNP recorded 15 for February while 17 for January.
The city police force recorded 31%
crime solution efficiency for February as compared to 39% for January.
As for crime against person, records
shows 2 incidence of murder, 1 homicide, 3 rape cases and 4 physical injuries
for the month of January. There are 5 recorded incidences of physical injuries
for February, while records show no incidence of murder, homicide and rape
case.
As to crime against property for
February, incidence of carnappings increased in February with 15 recorded cases
as compared to only 4 in January.
Other crime sagainst property iincluded
robbery-17 and theft-35 for the month of January, while it has a record of 18
and 43 for February respectively.