And so, once again tonight, the city feels like it's under siege - especially the northside. There have been multiple armed robberies of prominent businesses like Midtown, El Paso and the Freetown Drug Store in the last 48 hours. We asked Deputy Williams what the police will do about it:..
Chester Williams - Deputy ComPol
"As a department we are concerned of the increase of robberies on North Side, our region two area of Belize City. I can tell people of this side of the city that they will see increased police activities. We will try to see if we can move other resources over to this side to be able to stem the reoccurrence of those incidents."
And while the police are deploying more officers - they are also urging the police to use restraint. As we told you earlier, the rank and file of the department is grieving the loss of an officer in the line of duty, and there's anger in many cops we spoke to. The Eastern Division Command held a meeting with the officers going on shift this evening urging them to not let their emotions overtake them.
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