Rey Anthony H. Chiu

It could be pro-active community policing for four Bohol town police stations and its showcased tourist police detachments which registered zero crimes in the month of February. The towns of Corella, Candijay, President Carlos P. Garcia and Sikatuna score perfect aces in crime volumes while the Tourist Police detachment in Panglao also fared similarly. Another fourteen towns in Bohol registered perfect slates in crime solution efficiency ratings, even as some towns police organizations remain saddled with theft and robbery, some of them involving minors. Scoring 100% in crime solution efficiency are Tubigon, Sevilla, Maribojoc, Lila, Bilar, (1 crime recorded and solved) San Isidro, Dimiao, Danao (2 crimes recorded and solved) Dauis, Antequera, Anda and Alburquerque (3 crimes recorded and solved), and Sagbayan and Guindulman (5 crimes recorded and solved). But even with the record, PSSupt Constantino Barot said continued police visibility and street patrols including checkpoints have to be sustained.

Just last week, some 62 police officers completed a training on crime scene investigations in a bid to better equip crime fighters to pick out the identity of criminals using clime scene clues. Moreover, Barot, along with Governor Edgar Chatto for a continuing legal education for police officers so as to make them efficient in filing cases and getting criminals off the streets. Chatto, at his weekly Kita u gang Gobernador bared that the legal education in fact has prosecutors and fiscals as resource persons, a big step in getting into the mindset of the fiscal during criminal prosecution and score on points rather than be shot down on technicalities.Tagbilaran City topped the most number of crime cases with 243 cases and solving only 61 cases capping a 25% crime solution efficiency, a chart Barot presented to the Provincial Peace and Order Council Meeting Thursday.

Bohol Police Superintendent Constantino Barot said that in Bohol, theft cases rose a little over 10% compared to the previous month. January 2012 recorded 246 crimes as a sum of the consolidated reports from local police blotters compiled by Camp Dagohoy. In February, the number rose to 272, according to Barot, adding that the local police have been alarmed as most tyheft cases involve minors. Theft comprises 59% of all crime types in a crime distribution pie which Camp Dagohoy presented through Barot. After theft, cases of robbery with force upon things or persons tallied 49 cases which comprises 21% of the total crimes in Bohol committed during the month of February.