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PUP Offers to Assist On Crime
posted (July 3, 2019)

The social and economic urgency of a murder spike also has a political dimension, and the PUP seized on that at today's press conference.  Caribbean Shores Rep Kareem Musa said the PUP also wants to help:..

Hon. Kareem Musa - Area Representative Caribbean Shores
"It is very unfortunate that we've had mass homicides. First the triple murder involving the teacher and two others then followed by the quintuple murder of those 5 Belizeans at sea and then the double homicide in San Pedro. No doubt there is a lot of alarm on the island of San Pedro and rightfully so because the loss of one American life can spiral out of control and affect their entire livelihood on that island and we fully appreciate that but we want to urge the police department to place emphasis on all murders, for all Belizeans because all Belizean lives matter. So while there are out there in San Pedro focusing on that, let us also increase the number of boots on the ground and all these band aid policies, all across this country."

For its part, the government has announced that, quote, "a full court press is being mounted to deal with citizen security issues, and a new police intake of over 170 recruits will begin within the next two weeks."

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