With 3 murders in the past 3 days Belize City police have strengthened their anti crime operation across the city. Police Press Officer Stacy Smith says as the year winds down, crime typically trends upward and its one of their biggest concerns at present:
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
"What we have seen over the past few days are incidents that involve persons who fall directly into these categories in terms of the shooting death of Mr Myles, 61 years old though he was very agile and he was out there, he was a person who was up in the age and now we also see the shooting of the very young 15 year old Mr Reyes the department remains resolute in it's commitment to fighting crime and we often and have to continue to implore members of the general public to cooperate with us. As it stands now the police department has already commenced its anti-crime operation and we have taken persons who were traditionally in the administrative roles to put more persons in the street in the hopes that this serves the deterrence purpose that it is intended to serve. We have also divided some operational strategic plans which will be seen over the days and weeks to come because as we know as the year is winding down these incidents whether it is property crime or as the trend is suggesting now and increase in criminal activity though no nexus has been established between all these incidents it is certainly a cause for concern and we certainly want the Belizean populace to feel comfortable and secure while celebrating the Christmas season."
