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Lower crime rate, but murder,
robbery double
By: KIT BAGAIPO
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City
Mayor Dan Lim yesterday said crime volume is lower this
year compared to the last two years covering the months
of January and February of each year.
However,
the incidence of murder and robbery had doubled this
year.
Since
the start of 2008, three persons were murdered while
36 cases of robbery were recorded.
However,
Mayor Lim said this could not be the reason why the
city be called a "crime city" as perceived
by some sectors.
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Based
on a report made by City Police Chief Insp. Jacinto Cesar
during the City Peace and Order Council meeting last Thursday,
a comparative crime statistics for the months of January and
February in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 shows a 35 percent
decrease in crime incidents.
Speaking
during his weekly "Mayor's Report" yesterday, Lim
said that in the months of January and February 2006, crime
volume was recorded at 129 incidents. In 2007, the City PNP
tallied 164 incidents.
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In
2008, city police data showed only 109 incidences of
crime.
Index
crimes are also down by 30.1 percent, the mayor said,
with 79 incidents compared to 88 and 113 in 2006 and
2007.
Crimes
which resulted in physical injuries went down by 11.1
percent. The police also reported one incident of rape
for the period January-February 2008.
Theft
has also decreased with 12 recorded since the start
of this year compared to 41 and 46 in the year 2006
and 2007.
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Non-index
crimes have also declined with 30 incidents recorded from
the 41 and 51 incidents in 2006 and 2007.
The
mayor admitted that the City PNP needs to step up its capability
to solve crimes.
The
crime solution efficiency of the city police is down by about
20 percent.
Lim
said he formed a city monitoring team to check on police characters.
He said motorcycles will be color coded to be easily identified.
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