inp.polri.go.id - Kupang. Chief of East Nusa Tenggara Regional Police, Police Inspector General Lotharia Latif, stated that criminal cases in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province had decreased 20.29%, or from 8,691 cases in 2020 to 6,906 cases in 2021. "The performance of NTT Regional Police and the personnel managed to suppress crime statistics in NTT", Police Inspector General Lotharia Latif said in Kupang on Monday (20/12/21). The statement was delivered in relation to criminal acts that happened in NTT for the previous year. According to the two-star general, the information on decreasing criminal cases is important to be broadcast because there are still claims that criminal offences are rampant in NTT. The former Chief of Water and Air Police Corps of Security Maintenance Agency of National Police explained that the narratives are baseless, only relied on assumptions, opinions, and preferences of people who want to defame the performance of NTT Regional Police without responsible data. Chief of NTT Regional Police stated that the data and performance are always reported daily to the National Police Headquarter, verified, and evaluated by the National Police Headquarter in the weekly analysis and evaluation. "NTT Regional Police still consistently serving and protecting the people. Perhaps there are still imperfections, but we are struggling to be the best to serve and protect the NTT people", the 1988 Class of Armed Forces Academy. Police Inspector General Lotharia Latif asked people to end hoaxing and inciting people. "Maintain harmony and unity in every aspect of community living", the NTT Regional Police concluded.