SUBORDINATE police officers from ‘D’ Division(West Coast-West Bank Demerara) were on Friday treated to breakfast served to them by senior officers of the Division and members of the Creating Positive Environment through Safer Communities and Partnership-Project (C-PETS) as part of activities to mark the Christmas season in the Division.

The venue was the compound of the Leonora Police Station, the divisional headquarters and was attended by ranks representing every department of the Division. It was also attended by persons who have been partnering with the police within the Division also.
Speaking to the gathering, Commander Ian Amsterdam explained that thus far the Division has been doing exceptionally well and credited all ranks for their dedication and commitment to the job.
He said that ‘D’ Division has shown the greatest decline in serious crimes and that it represented a 37 percent decline from April to date. The commander added that since April, the division has been showing a steady reduction in serious crimes and attributed the decline to the workable crime- fighting strategies which have been employed.

He mentioned the strategic management team, which he said played a major role in the assistance of putting the Division in the position it currently enjoys.
He said that Project C-PETS is slowly becoming a household name, something that he has been praying for since the inception of the project in July of this year.
The Commander said C-PETS has been working, pointing to the period when he took over the helm of the division, Tuschen and Parfaite Harmonie were regarded as the “craziest” places in the division and the areas of which persons were very fearful, owing to the level of crimes which were committed in those two communities.
Amsterdam reported to the gathering that the community of Tuschen has moved from the most feared community to one where serious crimes were non-existent except for Thursday morning, when “someone decided to put us back on the map,” he was quoted as saying, alluding to the triple murder.
From August up to the day that the cane cutter allegedly hacked three persons to death, the community of Tuschen had no serious crimes. The Commander reiterated that the police are getting the responses they have been looking for, which are reports from persons that they are feeling safer in that community now.
He added that Parfaite Harmonie has also showed a very big decrease in serious crimes; and even as the police are also working on the element of fear which exists in that community.
The breakfast which was served included pepperpot, salted fish, eggs and sausage, ground provisions, bread, bake, coffee, milo, green tea and non-alcoholic beverages topped up with fruit and desert.

(By Leroy Smith)