And turning back now to the Commissioner of Police - he's determined to quash the wave of gang violence that's been sustained across the city for much of this year. And to do so, he's re-deployed most of his specialized units to the city. We asked him about this strategy on Saturday:
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Certainly, you know the dynamics of Belize City, the complexity of policing Belize City. It is not like you can take off your cap and pull a feather from there and you wave that feather and the problem goes away. It is so complex. It is changing and as a department we try to be as versatile as we can to address the problem. Whenever we see that there is some flare up, you'd know that once there is a gang related murder retaliation is inevitable. We know that. It would be idle of us, or as your favorite word would go, I wouldn't acquiescent on something like that to know that there might be some retaliation and we do nothing. So yes, I have deployed additional human resources to Belize City from our specialized unit to be able to address the gang issue. They are in the gang ridden areas, especially the areas where we expect flare up, ensuring we do what we need to done to prevent retaliation in respect to the recent shootings we have had."
