TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 5 (PIA) -- The establishment of Quarantine Control Points or checkpoints in Bohol from the provincial to the barangay levels has been credited in the drop of the number of crimes here.
This sums up the assessment issued by Camp Francisco Dagohoy through its chief, Police Sr. Supt. Joselito Clarito, during the joint virtual meetings of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) and Drug Abuse Council (PADAC) last week.
This as police crime statisticians at Camp Dagohoy in Tagbilaran tracked a 36.91 percent average total decrease in crime incidents in the first six months of the year in Bohol.
In his report to the council, Clarito showed a comparative monthly trend of total crime incidents that showed a general downtrend in crimes from January to June of this year.
Based on the data which can also be seen at the Philippine National Police’s Crime Information Reporting and Analysis System (PNP-CIRAS), Clarito pointed out that total crimes as the first month ended reached 894, which went down to 850 in February.
By March, with the community quarantine measures installed in the middle of the month, crimes plunged to 716, bringing the first quarter’s total crimes to 2,460.
By April, the crime trend continued to dip to 501, even as Bohol braces for the fiesta month where by tradition, people would always tend to celebrate a year of blessings.
True to projections, in May, when every day there is a fiesta celebrated in the province, crimes rose to 622.
But the month of June came back with a huge decrease as crimes only totaled to 429, pegging a second quarter sum of 1,552 or a difference of 908 crime incidents.
To further illustrate his point, Clarito shared a graph showing comparative crime incidents on peace and order incidents and public safety incidents.
From 1,568 peace and order incidents in the first three months, it went down to 1,227 cases, nailing a 21.75 percent downtrend in peace and order incidents.
As to public safety incidents, the Camp Dagohoy chief bared that from a total of 892 in the first three months, it went down to 325 incidents in the second quarter, pegging a slump of 63.57 percent.
In another comparative graph on peace and order incidents, from 421 total index crimes in the first quarter, police statisticians observe the same dipping trend when index crimes dove to 161 incidents in the second quarter.
For non-index crimes, Clarito showed that from 1,147 crime incidents, it went down a few notches with 1,066 incidents in the second quarter for a 7.06 percent dip.
According to Clarito, “the notable decrease of total crime incidents (TCIs) especially on Index Crimes is attributed by the strict implementation of Community Quarantine Protocols through the joint efforts of the LGUs and agencies under the Security, Law and Order and Public Safety Cluster."
He cited that the establishment of Quarantine Control Points and Checkpoints from the provincial level down to the barangays is a recognizable best practice and a good example on the effectiveness of the “whole-of-community” approach in addressing crimes and crisis.
With another six months ahead of him, the Camp Dagohoy chief recommends all members of the TG Security, Law and Order and Public Safety not to be complacent in performing its functions.
He said stricter implementation of QCQ protocols shall be continued down to the barangays, hoping that LGUs and Barangay LGUs will continually support the PNP in ensuring security, peace and order and public safety in their respective area of responsibility. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)
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