Crime Volume Decrease in Pagadian City

 PSUPT. MICHAEL P. PALERMO INTERVIEWED BY CNN PHIL. REPORTER

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (April 3, 2016) – The police crime statistics record shows that the crime volume in Pagadian City has reduced by 29% in the first quarter of this year compared to last year the same period.

City Police Chief Supt. Michael P. Palermo said “the total crime volume this year has reduced to 146 incident crime with crime solution of 87.54% compared to last year that has 507 incident crime with crime solution of 94.47%”.

Palermo also disclosed that the reduction of index crimes particularly in crimes against property from January to March has a total of 76 this year compared to 132 of the same period last year while crimes against person from January to March was also reduced from the total of 84 this year compared to 86 of the same period last year.

Palermo said “The huge reduction of crime volume was due to the implementation of Lambat Sibat, One Time Big Time Operations and all other programs of the PNP especially the implementation of Patrol101 which increases the police visibility that prevents crime incidents in public places”. 

 

 

 

 

 

Based on the statistics the implementation of the PNP program has a good result in crime prevention as well as in crime solution particularly in shooting incident and robbery cases,” Palermo said. (By Jong Cadion with reports from Ferds libor).