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MANILA: The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded an 18-percent drop in focus crime incidents from Sept. 1 to Dec. 19 this year.
Citing the latest data as of Wednesday, PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said 10,268 focus crimes were recorded during this period as compared to 12,554 crimes recorded in the same period last year.
From Jan. 1 to Dec. 19 this year, the police force recorded 37,089 focus crime incidents or 8.22 percent lower than the 40,411 incidents logged in the same period in 2022.
Classified as focus crimes are murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, theft, robbery, vehicle theft and motorcycle theft.
“Crime incidents are on a downtrend, especially during the ‘ber’ months, we have seen an almost 20 percent drop and we are expecting that through the cooperation of force multipliers, other law enforcement agencies and our people, crime incidents would continue to drop,” Fajardo told reporters in a press conference held at Camp Crame.
She said they have not monitored any “serious an
d credible threat” that would hamper the celebration of the Christmas season.
On alert for CPP anniversary
Meanwhile, Fajardo said the PNP remains on alert to prevent any atrocities that might be committed by insurgents to commemorate the 55th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Dec. 26.
‘Hindi tayo magkukumpiyansa lalong lalo yung deployment natin doon sa mga police stations na malalayo na vulnerable sa enemy attacks ay nagdagdag tayo ng puwersa doon particularly coming doon sa ating mga maneuver forces, SAF (Special Action Force) troopers ay dineploy natin diyan sa mga vulnerable police stations (We will not be complacent, especially in terms of our deployment there in police stations that are far away and are vulnerable to enemy attacks. We have deployed additional forces there. In particular, we have our maneuver forces, SAF troopers we have deployed there in vulnerable police stations),’ she said.
Fajardo said they also working with the military to thwart any attac
ks by communist insurgents.
Source: Philippines News Agency
