And while Sunday is the bashment night, many will start their news year's partying from tonight.
But while the young, and the young at heart are on the cusp of the biggest party weekend of the year, the police department is concerned about citizen safety. They want to make sure that there are no repeats in the alarming number of deaths from traffic accidents and homicides which happened during the Christmas holiday.
Today, Assistant Police Commissioner Dezerie Magdaleno, the Regional Commander for Eastern Division, told the press, that the big New Years party in the City will be as secure as they can possibly make it for such a mass-gathering:
ACP Dezerie Magdaleno - Regional Commander Eastern Division
"We are cognizant of the fact that within Belize District and Belize City in particular there will be a number of social activities for one; there will be a huge event at the BTL Park which is an open air activity and we want to just assure the public that the police department will be out there in full force to ensure that persons who are attending these social functions are safe. We are also want to ask the public cooperation in complying with certain procedures that will be in place in terms of these open air events that you are searched prior to entering for the safety of everyone. Safety is of paramount importance to us. We will be activating these check points that have across the city, they will be placed at strategic locations and they will be simultaneously activated. We know that a lot of people really look forward or anticipating the welcoming of a new year and so we expect that our streets will be very active, but we intend to light up the city particularly with the usage of reflecting vests as you see worn by Mr. Broaster. These are reflective at night-time and we know when we have these large activities many times police officers cannot identify another one because of the swell in a crowd. So utilizing these vests from today we will be having our officers tonight right into the weekend into the new year utilizing these vests for these mass gatherings and these functions that we have."
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