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– slams ‘absurd’ media comparisons to ‘crime wave’ era‘Absurd’ was the way that Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday described some media reports which suggested that Guyana’s crime rate is out of control and that is reminiscent of the bloody 2002 period of brazen killings and kidnappings.Blanhum produced figures to show that the crime rate has fallen from nine percent to eight percent during his tenure. He expressed optimism that serious crimes could drop further.The Crime Chief made these observations yesterday at the Officers’ Training Centre, Camp Road, Eve Leary, while unveiling the Force’s security plans for the Christmas season.Noticeably absent was Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud, who is overseas. Only a few members of the private sector attended.Figures released by Blanhum for the period 2006 to 2015 show that there were 135 murders in 2006; 99 murders in 2007; 135 the following year; 97 in 2009; 115 in 2010; 108 in 2013; 121 in 2014; and 126 for the year.He noted that there have been 477 fewer serious crimes this year than in 2006.“During 2015,China Jerseys Cheap, in June, when I took over as Crime Chief, we had a 13 percent  increase in serious crimes…and despite being bombarded by some sections of the media,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, we have still managed to bring the figures down from 13 percent to eight percent,” Blanhum said.“And hadn’t we done anything, as some persons are trying to portray, we would have been by now at a 20 percent increase in serious crimes.“So we had the figures hovering between eight and 13 per cent, and we have managed to bring it down to eight percent. We envisage that by the end of this period, with the Christmas policing initiatives, we should bring it down to at least a minus one percent increase.”“All those headlines that we are bombarded with that crime is spiraling out of control,NBA Authentic Jerseys, and nothing is being done, and that we lack the capacity to effectively deal with serious offences, is nothing short of absurd.”The Crime Chief also noted that serious crimes tended to increase in election years. This was the case in 2006, 2011, and 2015.But he noted that in 2013, there was also an increase in serious crimes.“But then we have persons who are trying to equate our current period with the 2002 crime wave period. If you look at the period 2015 that we are in,Cheap Sports Jerseys, and compare that with 2006, we didn’t go back to 2002 when we had the crime wave,Deion Jones Falcons Jersey, when there was rampant murder and shooting incidents and kidnappings.“We did a comparison with 2006 and at this period we have 477 fewer serious crimes.  So the question is how do we reconcile these reports that crime is spiraling out of control with the statistics before us?The only possible and logical conclusion is that crime is not spiraling out of control, and we are not in those dark days.”But Blanhum acknowledged that there was concern about the number of execution-style murders, with nine so far for the year, a figure that he said was on par with those in 2012.There have also been six more murders than last year.The Crime Chief also expressed concern about the spate of attacks on drivers and minibus passengers,Kyle Korver Hawks Jersey, particularly on East Bank Demerara.He revealed that taxi drivers, particularly those working private hire, were relieved of their valuables and vehicles after unwittingly picking up criminal elements.“So this is an area of concern and we have started to address this. When we deploy roadblocks at strategic locations we are asking members of the public to bear with us.”Other issues of concern Blanhum raised included the lax security precautions taken by members of the business community, including when transporting large sums of cash.Other challenges were the lack of DNA facilities, and police corruption. There have also been some 133 more break and enter and larceny incidents, due to the development of new housing schemes.Some successes included the seizure of 98 illegal firearms.He said that the majority of illegal firearms were coming from Brazil. Others were coming from the USA and from Europe.