Very regularly on the news, we report about different high-profile crimes, but if taken out of context, it could be perceived that major crime continues unabated. Well, today, Southside Commander Chester Williams told us the press that the crime statistics, except in 2 categories are down when compared to last year's quarterly report:
ACP Chester Williams - OC, Eastern Division South
"For the most part we are below where we were last year with the exception of burglaries. We have had a serious issue with burglaries, particularly in the month of February and March and the burglaries were plaguing us in the St. Martin's De Porres area. And as a result of that we have reconfigured our patrols in the St. Martin's are with a view to see how we can alleviate that issue and we are hoping that with the new strategy we are now employed in that area, that we will see a decrease in burglaries for the coming month. For this month that we are in the month of April. Other than burglaries, the other area of increase would have been unlawful sexual intercourse and again, we have no control over that. Those are what you would call the non-preventable. To look at our statistics comparing to last year I think that we are doing quite well. We are not above where we were except in the area of burglaries."
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