Despite public fears, gun crimes on decline – Ramnarine

Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine recently said that the police force’s statistics show with the exception of ‘D’ Division, gun robberies are on the decrease, contrary to public fears of an increase.

Ramnarine, during a press conference held at Eve Leary on October 22, said that in 2015 there were 80 reports in ‘A’ Division, 18 reports in ‘C’ Division and 6 reports in ‘D’ Division for the period September 1, to October 20, compared with 74, 16 and 22 respectively in the divisions, for the same period this year.

To further illustrate the decrease, he said that for the period October 1 to October 20, in 2014 there were