{"id":110587,"date":"2020-05-17T14:23:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T18:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=110587"},"modified":"2020-05-17T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:01:07","slug":"police-reports-significant-reduction-in-crimes-since-the-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/police-reports-significant-reduction-in-crimes-since-the-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Reports Significant Reduction In Crime Since The Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police Commissioner Atlee Rodney has revealed, through an official police statistics report, an overall 22 per cent decrease in crime between January and May (especially April) when compared to 2019.<\/p>

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The report\u00a0 revealed that although there were many arrest for defying curfew hours, violating social distancing regulations and not wearing face masks in public places; some other crimes have plummeted for 2020 so far.<\/p>\n

One hundred and twenty-three arrests were made for breaking COVID-related restrictions since measures came into effect in late March.<\/p>

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The report showed a significant decrease in the number of larcenies, road accidents
\nand the largest decrease in the month of April during the main lockdown period, a difference of 127 reported cases, or a 60 per cent drop compared to 2019.<\/p>

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The first four months of this year saw 712 incidents \u2013 202 less than the same period
\nin 2019 which totaled 914.<\/p>\n

Larceny, when compared to 2019, dipped by about 23 per cent(81 fewer reports) and traffic collisions decreased by near 11 per cent (86 fewer incidents) so far for the year.<\/p>

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The number of fire calls however has remained fairly constant with a total of 90 in 2020, compared to 93 for the same period last year. Bush fires accounted for just over half of fire calls for both time frames.<\/p>\n

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