Bohol, more peaceful 

after Bilar encounter 

TAGBILARAN CITY, May 25 (PIA)—After Campagao Bilar encounter, is Bohol still safe? 

“Look at our crime statistics,” assured Bohol police chief Police Senior Superintendent Angeles Geñorga, during the recent joint meetings of the Provincial Peace and Order Council and the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council held at the Governor’s Mansion Conference Hall, May 25. 

Geñorga, who took over the command at the Bohol police based in Camp Francisco Dagohoy since January, has since led law enforcers into major victories against crimes. 

Hitting the ground running, Geñorga rallied the police to go strong in implementing Oplan Sita, which proved to be a game changer in crime busting. 

While Camp Dagohoy leadership can be credited to the decreasing crime volume, police recorded the lowest total crime volume in the last five months for the whole province during the period when the encounter happened. 

“After the Bilar incident, we are even more peaceful,” Geñorga claimed, immediately backing his claim. 

Reading a graphical data from Camp Dagohoy crime statisticians’ report, he showed that between May 1-22, total crime volume in Bohol reached 485. 

This is way down lower than the previous month which had 649 crime cases. 

May’s 154 crime cases less is yet the lowest recorded, since December, police records show. 

Over the noted crime increase in April at 649 cases, the police chief who used to head crime detection groups admitted they were a bit worried. 

But he attributed the spike in non-index crimes. 

Index crimes slightly went lower last month (April) but non index crimes came up slightly, he told members of both councils convened. 

He explained further that these are mostly violations of special laws, muggings, traffic violations associated with fiestas approaching. 

If you take out the non-index crimes from the total crime volume, you will have about 300 crimes per month, and at 47 towns and a city, you will see that there are towns with zero crime incidents, he pointed out. 

Index crime count is the true crime barometer, he stressed. 

And while police are still battling against non-index crimes which are still moving erratically through the months, a total of 158 non index crimes have been staved off from the 504 vases listed a month before, Genorga reports. 

Index crimes for the month also enjoyed a slight decrease from 145 to 139, which again is the lowest since high 192 cases were noted in December 2017. 

Local authorities have always believed that a low crime count us a good indicator of peace and order, which also attracts move investments that bring about economic growth. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol) 

Never been more safer, assures Bohol police chief, PSSupt Angeles Geñorga during the recent PPOC PADAC even as he pointed out that total crime volume in Bohol sagged to its lowest level in May, onlya hampered by non-index crimes. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)