So in the face of those critics and skeptics, Williams firmly stands by his decision to enforce the state of emergency. He says he is under no illusion that this is a permanent solution but he has hope that it will defuse those simmering gang tensions and decrease crime in the city.
DCP Chester Williams - Commander OPS
“We have been trying a lot; we have had patience with these different groups. I in particular, I took time late at night doing interventions, mediations with them and try to get them to understand that the way of life they are living, instilling fear and terror in the lives of our ordinary Belizeans, majority of our good citizens live in prison in their homes because of fear of being on streets and fear of these individuals. It is about time that we take some measures to let them understand that the life they are living and the fear they instil in our law abiding citizens must come to anend.We are not going to say that this action will stop crime all together, as I said crime will always occur but I can assure you it will surely minimize the occurrences ofcrime.”
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