Crime volume drops during martial law

A year since the implementation of Martial Law in Mindanao, the Police Regional Office (PRO 11) recorded a significant reduction of crime volume by 22 percent or 3,713 in the first quarter of 2018 as compared to the same period last year, which had 4,791.

Police Chief Inspector (PCI) Milgrace Driz, PRO 11 spokesperson said yesterday that the police officers in Davao region have stepped up security measures and several anticriminality and terrorism efforts to ensure the public’s safety and security amid threats.

Based on their record, index crime decreased by 25% while Non-index crime has gone down by 21% from the previous year. The Crime Clearance Efficiency increased 4%, the same with Crime Solution Efficiency.

“Indeed, in the past months up to present we have been helping running against terrorist, intensify-

ing our campaign against loose firearms and other forms of anticriminality efforts,” Driz said.

Their operations against criminality and terrorism harnessed Operation Plan Kapkap, Oplan Bulabog, Oplan Sita that resulted to arrest of wanted persons and serving of search warrants.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the region claim that all these were done without violating human rights, contrary to claims by antigovernment forces that martial law will increase HR violations.

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