These same statistics showed out of the eight index crimes reported in Abra last month, six of them were solved, giving the Abra Provincial Police Office (PPO) a 75 percent crime solution efficiency rating for March 2008.
In March last year, 10 out of the 13 reported cases were solved, giving the same PPO a 76.92 percent solution efficiency rating.
Although no crimes were reported in Apayao last month, the two crime incidents reported in the same province in March last year were both solved by personnel of their PPO.
The Baguio City Police Office (BCPO), on the other hand, improved its crime solution efficiency from 92.16 percent in March 2007 to 97.14 percent last month, after its personnel solved 34 out of the 35 index crimes reported.
While Benguet recorded 10 index crimes last month compared to the 14 cases in March 2007, their PPO maintained a 100 percent crime solution efficiency rating, after solving all cases reported in both periods.
Two cases each were reported within Ifugao in March 2007 and last month. Since only one of these reported cases was solved last month, this gave the Ifugao PPO a lower crime solution efficiency rating compared to last year, when both reported incidents were solved.
Kalinga got a 100 percent crime solution efficiency last month for the lone crime reported and solved, compared to the five cases last year where four of them were solved, giving their PPO an 80 percent crime solution efficiency rating then.
Mountain Province had the same number of recorded index crimes in March 2007 and last month, both with a total of 10, but eight out of them or 80 percent was solved last month, compared to all for a 100 percent crime solution efficiency rating last year.
For non-index crimes, Baguio City is still in the lead with a total of 18 cases reported last month, but this still showed a decrease compared to the 24 reported last year.
Benguet runs second with six cases, Mountain Province with four, Abra with three, and Ifugao and Kalinga with one each. Apayao had no reported crime incident last month.
All in all, the total number of non-index crimes of 43 in March last year has dwindled down to 33 last month.
According to Chief Superintendent Eugene Martin, PRO-Cordillera director, the various programs of the Philippine National Police (PNP) are now showing good results based on the statistics shown.
He said community support and enhanced police service are two important ingredients in the prevention and solution of crimes.
Martin encouraged the public to report any crime prone situation that may threaten the safety of the citizenry, and peace and order in the community, to the nearest police station. (EO)
