C Division records decline in serious crimes ― Commander Brutus
– says reduction evidence due to more convictions
As crime continues to spiral out of control in various parts of the country, this is not the case in C Division (East Coast Demerara) since its Commander believes the records show crime is on the decline when compared to the same period last year.
Senior Superintendent of Police Calvin Brutus told Guyana Times on Thursday that the statistics recorded in relation to serious crimes for the period January to May 2019 reveal a decrease when compared to the same period in 2018.
He stated that while such a feat can be attributed to ranks being proactive in executing their duties, the main reason for this success in the reduction of serious crimes is as a result of more convictions in cases.
“It has a lot to do with the efforts by the ranks who investigated a lot of crimes and even solved some of them. Because we have a number of convictions and there are others who are in prison right now. Those are serial offenders who were caught so there was a decrease in serious crimes because of this too,” he explained.
Commander Brutus acknowledged that due to the fact that a number of serial offenders are off the streets, it has helped tremendously in curbing the crime rate along the East Coast of Demerara.
Over the past few weeks, in the county of Essequibo, crime appears to be spiralling out of control, with several persons falling prey to armed men physically assaulting them during the execution of robberies.
Just this week, burglars between Monday evening and Tuesday morning carted off cash, a quantity of jewellery, several pieces of electrical appliances and other valuables after breaking into the home of an Anna Regina Chief Constable.
Rasheed Oullah and his family of Anna Regina Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, reportedly retired to bed late Monday evening. However, as his wife got up at about 05:30h on Tuesday morning to prepare breakfast, she saw the front access door to the bottom flat of the house open.
It was at this time that she realised a 40-inch television was missing and immediately raised an alarm. As the family rushed over, they also discovered a 110/240 Voltage Transformer, a box containing several piece of gold jewellery, US$250, and GY$90,000 were also missing. In addition, a gold hand band and other pieces of jewellery belonging to Oullah that was left on the dining table were also gone.
Three mobile phones and other pieces of valuables were also taken by the burglars. Meanwhile, on the same night, Shawn Marks – a reporter attached to RCA-TV – and his wife were robbed just minutes away from their home in Charity.
Based on reports received, Marks and his wife were on their way home when they were attacked by two armed men who took his wife’s purse containing his iPhone 7 and an undisclosed sum of cash. Marks related that the matter was reported to the Charity Police Station.
Meanwhile, between April to May of this year, a spate of violent robberies took place in Regions Five (Mahaica-Berbice) and Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) where several families were left traumatised after armed gunmen attacked them in their homes.
During this period, a number of customers frequenting bars were also victims of gun-toting bandits.
