Bohol enjoys 5.46% crimes dip 

in Jan-March 2019 against ‘18 

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 30 (PIA)—Bohol continues to enjoy a 5.46% decrease in crimes in the first three months of 2019, when compared to the same three months of 2018, reports Police Colonel Julius Cesar Gornez, at the joint Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) and Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Councils (PADAC) Meeting March 29, 2019. 

At the inaugural meetings held now at the new and spacious Executive Session Hall of the P70 million Provincial Capitol at the New Capitol Site, Col. Gornez, citing the Philippine National Police national database of the enhanced e-Blotter or Crime Information Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS), showed that there were 1,704 total crime volume in 2018, which was staved off in 2019 with only 1,611. 

The above data also showed that the average monthly crime rate in 2018 was 41.19 while in the first three months of 2019, police were able to bring it down to 38.94; this sums up to a sizable 2 crimes off per day. 

On the average monthly index crime rate, 2019 saw a 1.93 cases per day decrease, from 11.94 in 2018 to 10.01 in 2019, Col Gornez shared. 

He said the beginning months of 2018 had 494 index crimes, a figure that was trimmed this year with just 414 crimes which are all punishable by the Revised Penal Code. 

This, the three month old Provincial Police Director said, is a good 16% decline in cases. 

On non-index crimes, crime statisticians at Camp Dagohoy, the Bohol Police Provincial Headquarters noted that in 2018, non-index crimes reached 1,210, a figure which got trimmed to 1,197 or a percent less. 

While robbery in 2019 surged 10 cases more in the first quarter of 2019, Col. Gornez still said the overall data for the triumvirate of the notorious theft, physical injuries and robbery this year is still 16.1% compared to 2018. 

From 204 cases in 2018, theft in 2019 records only 181 cases or 11.27 % less, physical injuries in 2018 reached 152 whereas 2019 saw only 97 physical injuries cases or a 36.18% decrease and robbery, which only had 66 in 2018 snaked up 10 more cases in 2019 with 76 or a 6.6% surge. 

As to non-index crimes, police crime watch noted a 1.07% decrease despite a notable 30.4% increase in Special laws: from 265 cases in 2018 to 382 cases in 2019. 

In fact, police are optimistic there would still be a decrease in non-index crimes specifically in the area of traffic related incidents considering that the election checkpoints are up and more and more police are now visible on the roads. 

For the coming midterm national and local elections where more activities are expected, Camp Dagohoy police have prepared a deployment plan that involves 3,195 police personnel to assure peaceful and orderly conduct of pre and post-election activities. 

But then, Col Gornez said the current resources and capabilities of Bohol PPO plus the two Regional Mobile Forces Companies are still within the limit to effectively manage the peace and order in Bohol. 

This is even with the fact that the security environment would change in the coming months as local politicians prepare for 2019 Election. 

Over this, Camp Dagohoy chief said early deployment of security forces would be necessary to prevent formation of goons and harassments, which have been among the political practices that could be employed during campaigns. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol) 

BARELY THREE MONTHS OLD. Police Colonel Julius Cesar Gornez presents the criminality update of Bohol in the first three months of 2019. More people expect a much lower crime by the next quarter as the elections put more police officers on the streets and nearer potential crime areas. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)