2020 - 2021 comparative

Total crimes in Bohol

Dip to 32.28% - PNP

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug 24 (PIA) – Crime incidents in Bohol, which ranged from peace and order as well as crimes endangering public safety dipped 32.28% in the first four months of the year compared to the same period last year.

In a report from Bohol Police Provincial Office presented by Police Major Norman Nuez, Camp Dagohoy showed that from 3,008 crimes in 2020, the figure dipped to 2.037 in 2021, with almost a thousand incidents staved off from the previous year.

Major Nuez, who presented the information in lieu of Camp Dagohoy Chief Colonel Salibo, during the joint Provincial Peace and Order Council Meeting, Anti-Drug Abuse Council and Provincial task Force Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) detailed the crime-busting accomplishment saying that crimes affecting peace and order sagged from 2023 on 2020 to 1,200 in 2021.

The decrease is notably 40.68% with the 823 crimes less in 2021.

These crimes, which include index crimes which are usually violations against the Revised Penal Code include the eight focused crimes of theft, physical injuries, robbery, rape, murder, car-napping, homicide.

Of the 8 focused crimes which the police have been especially tasked to monitor, all crimes except murder went down.

Most notable drops are car-napping which had one case in 2020 to zero in 2021 (100%), motor-napping where 22 incidents in 2020 is now down to 4 in 2021 (82%), homicide from 7 to 2 (71%), theft from 195 to 71 (64%), robbery from 73 to 26 (64%), rape from 44 to 22 (50%) and physical injuries from 129 to 73 (43%).

For non-index crimes or those that violate special laws and classified as those that upset the public safety of a locality, they include violations like illegal drugs, illegal fishing, possession of fire arms and deadly weapons, child abuse and other special laws.

As to crimes involving public safety, Maj. Nuez pointed out that in 2020, Bohol recorded 985 incidents, which also dropped down to 837, the 148 incidents recorded a 15.03% decrease.

Comparing peace and order incidents, he said the total index crimes from January to April in 2020 showed 489 crimes, which dipped to 218; some 271 crimes less for a 55.42% decrease.

In the non-index crimes, in 2010, Camp Dagohoy noted 1534 crimes, which eventually dove to 982 or 552 crimes less for a 35.98% decrease.

Violations against special laws reached 1109 in 2020, down to 717 in 2021 or some 302 criems less or 29.64%.

For other non–index crimes, the record in 2020 reached 515, which eventually went down to 265, 250 crimes less or 48.54%.

For Camp Dagohoy, according to Maj Nuez, the decline in crimes could be attributed to the stricter implementation of community quarantine measures including the institutionalization and unification of province-wide curfew, the setting up of border control points, and roving patrols.

Since March 16 to May 9, for example, Bohol police have successfully accosted 2,739 individuals for 9-5 AM curfew violations, 233 for 24 hours curfew for senior citizens, 1971 violations for curfew for minors.

They also accounted for the 12,420 for face mask violations, 14,980 for social distancing violations, 1077 liquor ban violations, 4,467 violations of social distancing in public transport and 240 violations for non-wearing of face shields in public vehicles. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)

SPECIALIZED SERVICE. Bohol crime fighters occasionally use the SWAT to man border control points noting that the highly trained special weapons and tactics officers are well equipped to do the job and double up as counter terrorism force in these key areas. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)