P/SSupt.
Arturo Evangelista asserts Bohol police is the most efficient in solving crimes
all-over Central Visayas.  P/SSUPT.
EVANGELISTA | | In
the first semester of 2006, Bohol-PNP registered a crime solution rate of 92.7%,
the highest in Region 7, with 833 solved cases out of 898 reported crimes leaving
only 65 cases unsolved.
Bohol
is followed by Oriental Negros with a crime solution rate of 87.2% and Siquijor,
the least populated in the region, with a crime solution rate of 86.3%.
The
Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) have the highest incidence of crime (index
and non-index combined) with a total of 2,864 reported cases. Cebu province have
a crime solution rate of 84.1% with a total of 2,411 solved crimes and 453 still
unsolved. |
Likewise,
the Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) also registered a crime discharge rate of
84.6% from a total of 508 reported crimes in the first half of 2006 solving 430
cases while 78 are still unsolved.
On
the other hand, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) have a crime solution rate
of only 64.1%, the worst performance in the entire region. Reported crimes in
Cebu City reached 2,854, second to Cebu province, with only 1,830 solved and 1,024
left unsolved.
Oriental
Negros has a total of 452 solved cases from 518 reported crimes and only 66 left
unsolved.
Meanwhile,
Siquijor solved 29 of its 34 reported crimes.
Evangelista
came on crossfire with the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) after
he criticized town executives who do not allocate intelligence funds to their
police stations which are mandated by the local government code.
The
provincial police director shared the blame with town mayors on the rising incidence
of street crime in the province and after Camp Crame released statistics with
Central Visayas topping the regions criminality nationwide during the first half
of 2006.
Some
mayors were allegedly irked by Evangelista's statement demanding for intelligence
fund while it is discretionary among mayors how to utilize the fund.
During
the LMP meeting last week, Evangelista explained to the mayors the importance
of intelligence funds and community participation that would lay the groundwork
for "force multipliers."
Reliable
sources siad some mayors passed a petition to relieve Evangelista from the PNP
provincial directorate during a closed door meeting with Gov. Erico Aumentado
after the league's conference last week.
Evangelista
revealed yesterday the crime situationer in Bohol and in Region 7 as collated
by the Regional Intelligence and Investigation Division.
While
Central Visayas has a high incidence of street and petty crimes (physical injuries
and crimes against properties), the region has relatively low statistics in terms
of murder, homicide, rape and other crimes. | 
