{"id":405964,"date":"2018-03-04T15:02:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T15:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=405964"},"modified":"2018-03-04T17:57:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T17:57:46","slug":"govt-committed-to-dealing-with-upsurge-in-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/govt-committed-to-dealing-with-upsurge-in-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t reiterates commitment to address upsurge in crime"},"content":{"rendered":"
Minister of State in charge of National Security, Bryan Acheampong has reiterated government’s commitment to ensuring that Police Service is resourced enough to tackle the recent upsurge in armed robbery cases and general crime in the country.<\/p>\n
According to him, despite the significant spike in robbery attacks across the country in the first two months of the year, the government had put measures in place to ensure that the menace is curbed and that a drop in robbery-related incidents is recorded from March.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”aA0eqOAWZItAj8sQ61sU6b6OSDoz2w7x”]\u201cGoing forward from March to the end of the year, at least we would experience a sharp drop, in armed robbery. We would not be experiencing these incidents. I am just trying to explain that the government has control. Currently, the Police Service has control.We are going to put in enough resources to sustain it, which will fit nicely into our general security plans for the year to drop the crime rate from 200,000 to under 150,000, so we have control of the situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He revealed that over the last four years there had been a steady rise in the number of reported armed robbery cases, suggesting that the issue wasn’t limited to the current administration.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Citi FM\u2019s<\/strong> news and current affairs programme, The\u00a0Big Issue<\/strong><\/em>, Bryan Acheampong said the situation is worrying and has gotten the attention of government.<\/p>\n Bryan Acheampong added that measures announced by the government to address the robbery situation are yielding positive results.<\/p>\n \u2018Wave of robbery\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n There appears to be a heightened wave of robbery attacks in the country with this week being some of the worst cases reported in weeks.<\/p>\n A number of incidents have involved brazen attacks by the robbers on individuals organisations in broad daylight.<\/p>\n