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10 weeks ahead of the Christmas holidays, the St. Andrew Central police have reportedly implemented anti-crime measures for the Yuletide season, this to help keep a lid on criminals in the busy Half-Way-Tree hub.

In fact, the police yesterday praised their ‘Yuletide season anti-robbery strategy’ for last week’s fatal shooting of a man who had attempted to stab a police officer. The policeman had accosted him after he allegedly stole a woman’s cellular phone.

Deputy Superintendent McArthur Sutherland said the police would be employing new tactics to keep a lid on robberies which usually trend upward during the lead-up to the Christmas holidays. His Division, he said, has set up covert and overt operations, increased motorised patrols and was receiving assistance from the Island Special Constabulary Force and the Organised Crime Investigative Division, to beat back any attempt by thugs to run amok in the busy Half-Way-Tree area. Sutherland also promised that the police would be ever-present on the streets conducting increased vehicle searches throughout the division.

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