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Less crime this Christmas
Diana Hall, STAR [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Writer[/COLOR][/COLOR]
Crime rates during the last Christmas weekend have decreased comparatively to the previous year's crime statistics during the same period, say the police.
Officer in charge of the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Criminal [COLOR=blue! important]Investigation[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] Branch (CIB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Denver Frater, said this reduction might have been triggered by the increase in police presence on the streets over the Christmas weekend, when more crimes are usually committed.
"Increased police presence, coupled with the public's awareness of crimes, which the police informed them about, made persons more conscious of their surroundings, and as a result, reported cases of crime over the Christmas weekend were lessened," ACP Frater told The STAR.
However, ACP Frater said he was not able to provide the supportive figures on the crime rates since he was in the process of reviewing this season's crime statistics.
He added that crimes over the season generally involved incidents related to theft. "The crimes mainly included robbery, larceny and fraud, which comes from conman activities that are more frequent during the Christmas season," he said.
Officer in charge of operations, ACP Owen Ellington, said although he could not give the number of police officers who were on the roads during the weekend, "as many police as possible were put out on the streets in mainly public spaces, such as shopping malls, markets and recreational areas," he said.
Last-minute shopper Joseph Jeffrey said he felt safer to "browse around and shop" during the Christmas weekend than he did last year, due to the additional police presence. At the same time, ACP Frater said the increase in police presence will continue throughout this New Year's weekend.
Diana Hall, STAR [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Writer[/COLOR][/COLOR]
Crime rates during the last Christmas weekend have decreased comparatively to the previous year's crime statistics during the same period, say the police.
Officer in charge of the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Criminal [COLOR=blue! important]Investigation[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] Branch (CIB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Denver Frater, said this reduction might have been triggered by the increase in police presence on the streets over the Christmas weekend, when more crimes are usually committed.
"Increased police presence, coupled with the public's awareness of crimes, which the police informed them about, made persons more conscious of their surroundings, and as a result, reported cases of crime over the Christmas weekend were lessened," ACP Frater told The STAR.
However, ACP Frater said he was not able to provide the supportive figures on the crime rates since he was in the process of reviewing this season's crime statistics.
He added that crimes over the season generally involved incidents related to theft. "The crimes mainly included robbery, larceny and fraud, which comes from conman activities that are more frequent during the Christmas season," he said.
Officer in charge of operations, ACP Owen Ellington, said although he could not give the number of police officers who were on the roads during the weekend, "as many police as possible were put out on the streets in mainly public spaces, such as shopping malls, markets and recreational areas," he said.
Last-minute shopper Joseph Jeffrey said he felt safer to "browse around and shop" during the Christmas weekend than he did last year, due to the additional police presence. At the same time, ACP Frater said the increase in police presence will continue throughout this New Year's weekend.
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