Agusan del Sur generally peaceful, decrease in crime volume noted

By David M. Suyao

Thursday 21st of June 2012

AGUSAN DEL SUR, June 21 (PIA) -- “Agusan del Sur is generally peaceful,” said P/SSupt. Rodolfo Dasmarinas, police provincial director for Agusan del Sur, when he rendered his report during the provincial peace and order council meeting held last June 14 at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session hall in Prosperidad.

According to Dasmarinas, the total crime volume from March to May this year, totalling to 148, decreased by five incidents compared to the same period last year, which is 153 incidents. However, the PNP provincial office has also recorded a decrease in crime solution efficiency, with only 32.43 percent compared with last year, with 46.41 percent.

“Within the period from March to May this year, the average monthly crime rate is 8.09 incidents compared to last year’s 8.37, with a reduction of 0.28 incidents. But we are high in our monthly index crime rate this year with 6.02 per 100,000 population, compared to 4.98 the same period last year. For the monthly non-index crime rate, we recorded a decrease this year with only 2.8 incidents compared to 3.39 incidents per 100,000 last year,” Dasmarinas said.

According to PNP’s report, murder registered to be the highest with 40 (36 percent) incidents, followed by physical injury with 22 (20 percent) incidents, and the third is homicide with 13 (12 percent) incidents. The least crime recorded is carnapping with four incidents.

“For the period covered, Bayugan City had the highest crime incidents with 49, followed by Prosperidad 24. San Francisco ranked third with 20, and two municipalities got the lowest with only one incident each, and they are the municipalities of Veruela and San Luis,” Dasmarinas said.

Dasmarinas also said that with 50 warrant of arrests that they have served against wanted persons, the same number was arrested, and while they conducted eight operations against illegal gambling, nine persons were arrested, recovering assorted illegal gambling paraphernalia.

“The decrease in crime volume compared to the same period last year is a result of the religious implementation of police integrated patrol system (PIPS) otherwise known as Patrolya ng Bayan, which is in line with formulated patrol plan 2030 with the coordination, support, and cooperation of all sectors of society in their interest to achieve a lasting peace, progress and stability,” P/SSupt. Dasmarinas said. (DMS -- PIA-Agusan del Sur)