WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1991
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SUCCESSFUL POLICE ACTIONS AGAINST CAR HOLD-UP CASES
POLICE MEASURES AGAINST VEHICLE HOLD-UP CASES HAVE SUCCESS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HONIAN INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HAD SOME STRACHAN,
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON 30 CHAU YIM-PING, MR STRACHAN SAID THE POLICE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE VIGILANT ABOUT SUCH CRIME AND CRIME PREVENTION MESSAGES WOULD BE PUBLICISED IN THE MASS MEDIA TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS.
HE SAID THERE HAD BEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE ON ROBBERIES AGAINST OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLES AFTER STEADY INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS OF 1989, RISING TO A PEAK OF 118 CASES IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990.
MR STRACHAN NOTED THAT FOR THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS OF 1990, THE AVERAGE HAD BEEN IN THE REGION OF
70 CASES, A decrease OF 40 PER CENT SINCE THE FIRST QUARTER.
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"THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CASES INVOLVED TAXIS, MR STRACHAN SAID, "FOR PRIVATE CARS, THE OFFENCE NORMALLY TAKES PLACE IN MORE SECLUDED AREAS."
HE ADDED THAT THERE WERE SIX CASES INVOLVING PRIVATE CARS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990, THREE IN THE SECOND QUARTER, ONE IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND TWO IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1990.
THE DETECTION RATE FOR HOLD-UP CASES AGAINST VEHICLES IN 1990 WAS 23 PER CENT, COMPARED TO 25 PER CENT IN 1989, MR STRACHAN SAID.
AS MANY OF
THE
QUARTERS WERE ONGOING, 1990 MIGHT INCREASE.
INVESTIGATIONS
DURING THE THIRD AND FOURTH HE BELIEVED THE EVENTUAL DETECTION RATE OF
MR STRACHAN SAID IT WAS MORE DIFFICULT ΤΟ DETECT VEHICLE HOLD-UP CASES IN REMOTE AREAS.
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GROUND, HE SAID, "THE WHICH MAKES A POSITIVE
"POLICE RESOURCES ARE THINNER ON THE MAJORITY OF THE ROBBERIES HAPPENED AT NIGHT IDENTIFICATION OF THE CULPRITS MORE DIFFICULT.
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IN RESPONSE, HOWEVER, MR STRACHAN SAID, THE POLICE HAD INCREASED THE NUMBER OF ROAD-BLOCKS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, PARTICULARLY AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS WHICH LED TO MORE REMOTE AREAS.
"MORE FREQUENT MOBILE PATROLS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN. OPERATIONAL COMMANDERS HAVE DEPLOYED RESOURCES AT BLACK SPOTS," ADDED.
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