Festival City, North Ruimveldt residents in proactive approach to curbing crime

Residents of Festival City and North Ruimveldt at the meeting

Residents of Festival City and North Ruimveldt have been urged to stop blaming young people for all of the problems in society and start finding ways to address those ills.

The residents, who had gathered at a community meeting on Friday to address the escalating crime rate in their communities were told that the community policing group will conduct more patrols and have agreed to initiate other strategies to curb the problem.

The meeting, which was moderated by Margaret Lawrence, featured panelists, Gary Thompson – Chairman of the Festival City Community Policing Group; Carl Melville – Vice-Chairman of the Policing Group; Ovid Glasgow – Administrator in the Ministry of Public Security and Police Inspector Fredrick Joe. The Ministry