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Recent police data have shown that serious crime has increased by nine percent above last year’s statistics. However, while Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud cannot say what may be the reason, he noted that the crime rise started in February.However, he said there is no need for disheartenment as the future looks positive.Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud engaging media yesterday.“We have seen dividend from our investment in capacity building. Highlights of these are the CID and intelligence Unit.”“From these divisions there are many positive outcomes from projects that the force has embarked on such as the social Crime prevention and the Cops and Faith community Network. The Commissioner said that he is currently working with the latter and with local businessmen to establish a nonprofit organization that will be dedicated to fund the education and general welfare of the children of the police officers killed in the line of duty.This is scheduled to come on stream by month end to address some of the most recent and demanding cases to assist with benefits from that fund.On the subject of gun amnesty Police Commissioner Persaud told reporters yesterday that thus far ballistic tests done have not been able to link any of those weapons to any of the crimes committed locally.He also iterated that collecting guns and ammunition during the amnesty period was not an additional burden for the force as significant amounts of firearms and ammunition were collected.All told,Stitched Jerseys, 186 firearms were turned in during the amnesty period. These included 153 shotguns,Cheap Hockey Jerseys 2019, thirteen pistols,Nike Sb Shoes China, ten air rifles,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, nine revolvers and one rifle (AK 47). Additionally more than a thousand rounds of ammunition were turned in since September 1, when the amnesty period started.“We didn’t expect people who use firearms to commit robbery as their only means of providing for themselves and their family to turn in those fire arms,Jerseys NFL Cheap,” the Commissioner related.However, the Commissioner noted that as a result of the gun amnesty the firearms collected cannot end up in the hands of persons with criminal intent and that they will not be used in moments of anger by individuals who once possessed them.If the weapons collected could become part of the police forces arms collection the Commissioner said,Atlanta Falcons Wholesale Jerseys, “The determination would be left up to policy makers but when that time comes we will make recommendations.”The Commissioner noted,Cheap Authentic Dallas Cowboys Jerseys, too, that there are a number of issues that arise with regard to possibility of the weapons being used by the police.These include the fact that if the firearm is not good the force would not have uses for it. But he noted that the force does not know the real origin of the weapons and as such it may not be inclined to enlist the weapons collected.“We do not know where the weapon came from and next thing you know when the firearm is enlisted it may be found that it was used to commit a crime in another country,” the Commissioner said. (Mondale Smith) |
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