{"id":9287,"date":"2013-07-24T05:39:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T05:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/crimes-dropped-by-13\/"},"modified":"2013-07-24T05:45:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T05:45:01","slug":"crimes-dropped-by-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/crimes-dropped-by-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime Rate Drops 13%"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{Journalists attending the press conference}<\/p>\n

{{The crime rate in the country dropped by about 13% between January and June this year compared to the same period last year.}}<\/p>\n

The Inspector General of Police, Emmanuel K. Gasana disclosed this yesterday in a Rwanda National Police (RNP) periodic press conference held at the police headquarters in Kacyiru.<\/p>\n

The conference aimed at elaborating on the security status in the country.<\/p>\n

The IGP attributed the decline to the aggressive public awareness campaigns and increased partnership with the public through community policing.<\/p>\n

The RNP conducts annual campaigns during Police Week and Community Policing Week; all aimed at strengthening cooperation with different stakeholders and the population in general to fight and prevent crimes.<\/p>\n

The IGP also said murder related crimes reduced by 19 percent to 188 from 230 while drug trafficking and consumption cases decreased by 9.3 percent to 1214 from 1339 cases in the same period.<\/p>\n

Traffic related offences also went down by 13 percent, but negligence, bad maneuver and over speeding, he said, are the major causes of accidents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe campaign to improve road safety, including acquiring more equipment and training more police officers, is still on. Road accidents can be a blow to the country\u2019s development if they are not dealt with because they destroy lives and property,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Among the new measures to improve road security, to be established, includes decentralizing the Motor vehicle inspection Centre (MIC) to all regions and a fourth lane in Kigali, before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

The inspections centres will be supplementing other three lanes at the Remera-based MIC and the recently launched Mobile Test Lane.<\/p>\n

Mechanical faults are also major causes of accidents.<\/p>\n

{{Menace of motorcycles}}<\/p>\n

Motorcycles are still the most involved in accidents with 754 cases registered in this year\u2019s first six months. The Police chief said plans are underway to reorganize motorcycle taxis in parking centres (700 parking spaces in Kigali alone) for easy control and management.<\/p>\n

{{Fighting corruption in Police}}<\/p>\n

The police chief also reiterated the \u201czero tolerance on corruption\u201d tendency within the force. He said any graft related case reported in RNP is \u201cindividual based\u201d but \u201cnot institutionalized.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said 77 cases of corruption involving police officers were recorded last year while 49 others have been registered this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe established an anti-corruption unit to fight corruption, not only in RNP but in the country in general,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He outlined the establishment of the Ethics Centre, Police Disciplinary Unit (PDU), and training, Inspectorate to follow up police standards, welfare and e-policing and a toll-free line \u2013 3511 \u2013 as some of the strategies to improve the force\u2019s professionalism and fight corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cCorruption in Rwanda National Police is zero tolerance and we give no mercy to any police officers caught in it,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

{{Cybercrime}}<\/p>\n

The Police chief also said that 76 people were arrested in bank robberies which affected 12 financial institutions where about Rwf1.2 billion was stolen.<\/p>\n

Most robberies were done with forged cheques and credit cards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have measures in place to foil such gangs, including working with financial institutions and other regional and international police forces to track-down such criminals,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

IGP Gasana thanked the media for its continued effort to sensitize the public, but urged them to always be objective, fair and balance in their reporting.<\/p>\n

\u201cDevelopment comes with security challenges, but with such strong partnership towards the common cause, safety is inevitable,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

The press conference was followed by parading of eight police imposters, who include bank employees, local leaders and businessmen, who were arrested for allegedly counterfeiting and selling driving licences and vehicle mechanical inspection certificates.<\/p>\n

The press conference was also attended by the DIGP, Dan Munyuza and other senior police officers.<\/p>\n

RNP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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