Monday, April 7, 2008

Crime rate in NCRPO drops at the first quarter of 2008

Ma. Lourdes “Miami” Ebilane
April 7, 2008
Story: Crime rate in NCRPO drops at the first quarter of 2008

National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Chief Geary Barias had reported the decrease of crime rate for the first quarter of 2008 compared to last quarter of last year or 2007.

Barias said from the last quarter of 2007 they received 5,108 crime reports and at the last quarter of year 2007 they received about 4,574. “Despite of the man big rallies that we have on the first quarter of 2008, the crime rates drops, and that is good for us,” he said.

He also took note that the rallies that were held was not ordinary rallies, these includes the youth rally, interfaith rally, prayer rally in Makati and Manila. The number of rallies increased by 44%, from 145 last year (October to December) to 209 from January to March of 2008.

Barias said that the reason for decrease is because of the deployment of PNP personnel at the streets, and with tandem with Armed Forces of the Philippines and PNP at the mobile cars. According to Barias there are about 75 AFP personnel are joining the PNP in patrolling along the streets of Metro Manila.

Meanwhile, Barias said that not later than this month of April, they will join the local government of Quezon City in launching a discipline zone and hoping for another decrease in crime rate.

“The vision for this is to restore all discipline in that particular place as a pilot project for Metro Manila. We are going to implement all ordinances,” Barias said.

The project was initiated by Quezon City but the PNP and the MMDA will help in the implementation of it. The projects will be dubbed as Sumunod sa Batas Zone (Follow the Law). Barias explained that the whole stretch of Commonwealth from Philcoa to Fairview, will be the discipline zone area.

With the project they are expecting zero littering, zero traffic violations and zero crime rate, and zero jaywalking. “Many got killed because of jaywalking on that stretch of Commonwealth so with that discipline zone, that may prevented,” Barias added.

Those who will implement the discipline zone are the QCPD, MMDA and local law enforcer of Quezon City.

The project will run for three months and if it will be successful, it will apply into other areas as well.

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