Murder down 27% up to May – Police

The Guyana Police Force says it has recorded a 5% decrease in serious crimes at the end of May, 2017 relative to the same period last year.

 

Its analysis  follows:

 

There was a 27% decrease in Murder; a 3% decrease in Robbery Under Arms where firearms were used; a 1% decrease in Robbery Under Arms where instruments other than firearms were used; a 14% increase in Robberies where no instruments were used; a 60% increase in Robbery with Violence; a 10% increase in Robbery with Aggravation; a 60% increase in Larceny from the Person; a 10% increase in Rape; a 1% decrease in Burglary and a 21% decrease in Break and Enter and Larceny.

A breakdown in the categories of the forty-seven (47) murders is as follows:

v  Disorderly – 22

v  Domestic –   09

v  Robbery –    08

v  Execution –  04

v  Unknown –  03

v  Others –       01

Firearms Seized

Sixty-four (64) illegal firearms have been taken off the streets so far for this year, compared to twenty-nine (29) for the corresponding period last year.

 

Breakdown is as follow:

v  Pistols –        39

v  Revolvers –  08

v  Shotgun –     09

v  Rifles –         08

Seizures as per division:

‘A’- 27

‘B’- 05

‘C’- 07

‘D’- 05

‘E’- 01

‘F’- 19

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Total 64

Traffic Management

In respect of Traffic Management, there was a 29.3% decrease in fatal accidents. Forty-four (44) fatalities were recorded at the end of May, compared to sixty-two (62) for the same period last year, a decrease of 29%; there was also a 75% decrease in death of children. Serious, Minor and Damage accidents were also decreased by 16.4%, 32% and 36.3% respectively, in the order aforementioned.

Persons charged with traffic violations

Twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and twenty-two (28,822) cases were made from Jan-May, 2017 of which 7,475 were for speeding, 1,402 for Breach of Conditions of Road Service Licence/Music, 1.040 for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, 732 for using cell-phone while driving, 664 for Breach of Traffic Light Signals and 646 for tinted motor vehicles.