ZAMBOANGA CITY: Close to P600 million have been spent by the local government of Zamboanga in support to peace and order from 2013 to 2015 and much of the funding went to the local police force, health and education.
And with that support, the police reported that crime volume decreased by 22 percent; and so were the index crimes – with a 25-percent decrease in reported crimes - and non-index crimes also went down by 19 percent. Crimes against persons also decreased by 28 percet; crimes against property decreased by 23 percent; and the average monthly index crime rate also went down by as much as 27 percent, including the average monthly crime rate that decreased by 24 percent.
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