TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1986
FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 6 PUBLISHED
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THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 6, WHICH GIVES A FULL REVIEW OF THE WORK DONE BY THE COMMITTEE IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, WAS PUBLISHED TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE REPORT, THE FIRST FCC ANNUAL REPORT, COVERS THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 1985 TO OCTOBER 1986.
INTRODUCING THE REPORT TO THE PRESS, DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID IT WAS AN HISTORIC DOCUMENT IN TWO SENSES OF THE WORD.
+FIRST, IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE IN THE PAST YEAR TO TACKLE CRIME.
+SECOND, IT COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE DEGREE OF COMMITMENT AND POSITIVE ACTION BEING TAKEN AT ALL LEVELS OF OUR SOCIETY
IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER.+
QUOTING FIGURES IN THE REPORT SIR DAVID SAID THERE HAD BEEN A VERY ENCOURAGING DECREASE OF FOUR PER CENT IN OVERALL REPORTED CRIME IN THE FIRST THREE-QUARTERS OF 1986, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1985.
+THE DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME HAS ALSO CONTINUED THIS YEAR, PARTICULARLY FOR THE CRIME OF ROBBERY WHERE THE NUMBER IS NOW AT THE SAME LEVEL AS IN 1978 BUT THE POPULATION HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT 20 PER CENT.+
BURGLARIES, AFTER A STEADY UPWARD TREND IN RECENT YEARS, DECREASED ENCOURAGINGLY BY 13 PER CENT IN 1986.
+HOWEVER, IT IS SOBERING TO NOTE THAT 25 PER CENT OF THE CASES STILL INVOLVED PREMISES LEFT UNLOCKED. THE MESSAGE TO PROPERTY OWNERS IS CLEAR LOCK UP',+ SIR DAVID SAID.
THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, HE SAID, WAS PRESSING AHEAD TO PUT INTO ACTION THE MEASURES AGAINST TRÍADS SUPPORTED BY THE PUBLIC AND ADVICE WOULD BE SOUGHT FROM THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR INCREASING FINES UNDER THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE.
+WE ARE ALSO CURRENTLY PUTTING DETAILED PROPOSALS TO THE WORKING GROUP ON GANGS REGARDING THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION SCHEME WHILE BOTH THIS WORKING GROUP AND THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON YOUNG OFFENDERS HAVE STARTED TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE PROBLEM OF TRIADS IN SCHOOLS.+
HE SAID THE FCC WAS MAINTAINING ITS EQUALLY STRONG COMMITMENT TO CRIME PREVENTION AND THE 1987-88 FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN WOULD PRESS HOME THE INITIATIVE OF THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN DIRECTED AT PREVENTING RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES AND PUBLICISING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME.
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