If all the plans of the Guyana Police Force go well, both hard core criminals and petty thieves are in for a hard time this Christmas season, especially those in the city and its environs.Yesterday, at the police Headquarters, Eve Leary, Divisional Commander for the country’s leading police Division, Assistant Commissioner,Cheap Jerseys From China, Derrick Josiah, unveiled a detailed programme of how his ranks plan to police the city and its surrounding areas.Notwithstanding that the actual strength of the human resources is not what it should be in the Division, Josiah assured that with theCommander Derrick Josiah unveiling plans for policing the city and its environs for the Festive Season.assistance of ranks from Police Headquarters,Cheap Jerseys Store, the city will be adequately secured for shoppers, businesses and visitors to Guyana during the festive season beginning November 15, and continuing to January 15, next.Assistant Commissioner Josiah addressed the audience that comprised mainly of other police officers,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the private security services umbrella body and the media.He said that the force will have its work cut out to provide a safe environment and a less congestive city throughout the period.And judging from the statistics, there is an increase of six percent in serious crimes from January 15, to October 2013, in the Division, the task ahead will not be a walk in the park.The figures also show that over the past two years, serious crimes have decreased during Police Christmas Anti-crime Campaign.“It therefore means that what we’re doing during this period is probably working and we need to continue,” the Commander said.The required strength of the division is short by 300 ranks, therefore more resources would have to be made available for the Christmas Anti-crime Campaign to be a success.“We have had more Outposts in the Division and one other new police station. Still we have the same resources available to us,” Josiah pointed out.As usual the city has been divided into five sectors to facilitate the effective deployment of the human resources available. Each sector will be supervised by an Assistant Superintendent or a Cadet Officer.Plans are also in place for some highly special operations by the Intelligence Section of the Criminal Investigations Department around, banks, hotels and post offices and other places of business.This is in addition to mobile patrols both motorcycle and vehicular crisscrossing the city on a 24-hour basis along with some mass patrols.“We will pay special attention to the nightspots,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, churches and residential areas, because people will leave to go to church and parties and they expect that their place will be intact,Wholesale NFL Jerseys,” Josiah stated.He said that in the outlying districts, “the Sub-Divisional Officers would ensure that there are other patrols coming out of the stations in each area…to ensure that they police the hotspots.”With respect to the Number Four Sub-Division (Timehri), the Officer in Charge is expected to obtain the itinerary of incoming flights at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and coordinate with other stations along the route from the airport with the aim of protecting visitors who are expected in droves for the holidays.“We know that these (criminals) target the late night flights and try to rob people when they come down to Georgetown. Now if we have it lock from the airport to the city,China NFL Jerseys, what we find is happening, is that they follow the incoming passengers to other areas on the East Coast (Demerara), and West Demerara to rob them.”There will be snap roadblocks to augment the other plans to protect the incoming visitors, Josiah said.He added that he also intends to use the support of Community Policing Groups to boost the police efforts to make the city a safe place.He noted that so far for this year, through intelligence-led policing, roadblocks, stop and search and cordon and search exercises, the force has been able to take 19 illegal firearms off the street; a significant number given that gun crimes have been a major concern for crime fighters over the years.According to Josiah, the force has been able to reduce its response time to reports of crime significantly over the years.“First, we started between fifteen minutes to half an hour…but we have reviewed that …and we have adjusted our response time to ten minutes to twenty minutes,” Josiah explained.He further stated that the police response time is dependent upon several variables. These include the location of a patrol, the accuracy of information provided as well as the terrain t