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The Shadow Security been a reduction in crime. police should take a less Minister said that the Basedonhisstatistics,Benn lethal resort while engaging Opposition, while in said that crime in 2017 was thepublic. government,proceededona 143whilein2022,itwas76. With respect to the fire path of a professionalized Burglary reduced from 177 service, Benn said they will police force and brought in 2018 to 108 in 2022. receive seven more back some level of public “Break and enter reduced firefighting assets Three confidenceafteryearsunder from 926 to 496”, the modern ambulances are the vice grip of phantoms, ministerreported. slated and the programme ghosts and the drug Overall, Minister Benn “Increase the peace” which underworld. said there was a decrease in was started under former spoke to credible reports of support to the Police Force New facilities are slated unlawful or arbitrary with the provision of new for Lusignan Prison as well killings, including vehicles, new training with a new female prison and a extrajudicial killings. Now, new efforts in respect to release programme called shesaid,thecountryisfaced crime and violence and the “fresh start” to rehabilitate with an incompetent Home preventionandmitigationof those incarcerated back into AffairsMinistry same. The minister said too society

Today, she said, the crime noting that statistics Minister Clement Rohee hearts of past and current between the years 2015 and wouldbegettingontheway officers bleed for the 2022 show a 20.6 percent Additionally, Benn said Guyana Police Force as decrease. that there has been a incident after incident, the “We have reduced total dramatic increase in the credibility of the Force is robbery, serious crimes, seizure of narcotics, more called into question. She murder and violence by arrests relating to other noted that the US State average figures of 20 illegal activities and a Department, in its report, percent”,Benncharged. tremendous increase in the ‘2021 country reports on He said tackling public prisonpopulationbyover14 human rights practices’: safety has a lot to do with percent.