CRIME DROP: Hanover sees sharp reduction in murders over the past six months....20 persons murdered in Jamaica in the first 3 days.

BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer West writer  Thursday, January 04, 2018

GREEN ISLAND, Hanover
Superintendent in charge of the Hanover Police Division Sharon Beeput has lauded residents of the parish for their assistance, which has resulted in the sharp reduction of crime in recent months.
Superintendent Sharon Beeput (fourth left)
 and Hanover residents join hands
 during prayer at the annual march against
 violence in Green Island, Hanover,
on Tuesday. (Photo: Anthony Lewis)
Beeput, who took up command of the then crime-infested parish in March last year, disclosed that at that time there was a 500 per cent increase in crime over the previous year.

SAMUELS… we must really praise
 the security forces
“When I got here (Hanover) the crime rate was way up. I was told by my staff that it was about 500 per cent at the time. By the end of the year, we would have taken it down to about 13 per cent [increase over the previous 12 months]. And, it was not done by us alone, it was through the input of you the citizens of this parish,” she emphasised.
Beeput, who was speaking in Green Island, Hanover at an annual march against violence, domestic dispute, child abuse, and road fatalities on Tuesday, added, “We are here to speak, or to step on the devil this evening for him to keep 2018 at a positive side; we want to be positive, we don't want to go into this year dealing negative.” more

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