‘Crime rate down in Ecija’
CABANATUAN City – Nueva Ecija police director Sr. Supt. Napoleon C. Taas yesterday citd foul over published reports that the people-friendly, anti-crime Mamang Pulis program of the Philippine National Police has failed.
Taas said, on the contrary, the crime rate has considerably gone down due to the successful implementation of the project under the strict guideance of PNP chief Director-General Avelino I. Razon, Jr.
“Just how can the crime situation in NE be on the rise when crime is on the downtrend in the entire country,” he stressed
Taas showed figures indicating a 40-percent drop in the total index crimes in the province in the first quarter.
From Jan. 11 to March 19, the Nueva Ecija police recorded 69 index crimes (murder-17, homicide-4, rape-40 percent compared to the same printed last year.
Last year, 116 index crimes were reported; murder-18, homicide-27, rape-11, physical injury-27, robbery-18, and theft-15.
Taas said the average unsolved crimes decreased by 43 percent compared to the same period last year.
He said the police was even commended by Gov. Aurelio M. Umali when the province registered “zero crime incidence” during the staging of the Central Luzon Regional Athletic Association in Palayan City, Talavera and this Cabanatuan City.
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