PNP: Focus crimes down in Negros Oriental

NEGROS ORIENTAL. Representatives from the Negros Provincial Police Office attending the Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting where they reported a decrease in focus crimes in the province from January to May 2021. (PIA-Negros Oriental)
NEGROS ORIENTAL. Representatives from the Negros Provincial Police Office attending the Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting where they reported a decrease in focus crimes in the province from January to May 2021. (PIA-Negros Oriental)

THE Philippine National Police (PNP) in Negros Oriental reported that focus crime incidents in the province dropped by 25.8 percent from January to May 2021 compared to the same period in 2020.

The eight focus crimes are murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, carnapping of vehicles, and carnapping of motorcycles.

During the recent Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting, the PNP reported that the incidence rate of murder cases decreased by 31.34 percent or from 67 to 46 incidents.

Homicide cases went down by 30 percent or from 10 to seven cases; physical injury, 9.46 percent; and rape, 36 percent.

Robbery cases also dipped by 20 percent or from 30 to 24 incidents.

Theft cases dropped by 35.79 percent, as well as motorcycle theft by 28.5 percent.

Only cases of carnapping increased by 100 percent, with one case recorded in January to May this year compared to zero cases in the same period last year.

On the other hand, non-index crimes have dropped by 14.6 percent, or from 1,769 cases to 1,510.

Non-index crimes refer to cases of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide, reckless imprudence resulting in physical injury, reckless imprudence resulting in damage to property, and violation of special laws, among others.

Majority of the arrests in non-index crimes resulted from police-initiated operations such as campaigns against illegal drugs, illegal gambling, wanted persons, and loose firearms.

The Negros Provincial Police Office also reported that under its anti-illegal drugs drive, 263 pushers and users were arrested, while 1,447.68 grams of shabu and 12.12 grams of marijuana with a total value of P9,845,678.40 million were confiscated.

Under Republic Act (RA) 9287,o r the campaign against illegal gambling, the provincial police force nabbed 1,111 persons with total bet money confiscated at P119,879.50.

For the campaign against loose firearms or RA 8294, the PNP arrested 70 persons and confiscated 719 firearms, with 288 surrenderers.

The decrease in the total crime incidents and the increase of police initiated anti-crime operations are attributed to the partnership and cooperation between the police and the community. (PIA)

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