Although both murders and armed robberies are up for the first nine months of the year, the police force is reporting that strategies employed by the force in tackling crime have had a positive impact as the growth in crime since June has declined.
At the end of the third quarter of the year the Guyana Police Force (GPF) recorded an 11% drop in serious crimes when the period January 1st to September 30th, 2014, is compared with the corresponding period in 2013, the force announced yesterday.
Serious crimes policed by the force are murder, armed robbery, robbery with violence, robbery with aggravation,