There has been a significant decrease in reports lodged in police stations throughout Fiji, says police chief operations officer ACP Abdul Khan.
While addressing the media on Thursday, ACP Khan said the force was more proactive in terms of their operations this festive period.
ACP Khan said the crime trend from the beginning of the month compared with the same period last year, had seen a significant decrease in reports that had been lodged in all major police stations.
“We have deployed offi cers from December 1 focusing on traffic operations, intensifi ed drug operations and community policing awareness,” ACP Khan said. He said with the COVID- 19 pandemic and STC Yasa, police were ready to deal with any situation that arose.
ACP Khan said 33 officers had been deployed from the PSRU (Police Special Response Unit) and headquarters just to assist officers in the Northern Division maintain police operations.
He also confirmed no reports had been received so far from any of the evacuation centres around the country and attributed this to increased police visibility.
“We are continuously monitoring the evacuation centres and we have a tab of all the centres that have been managed through our divisional emergency operations centres (EOCs).”
He also thanked the media for playing an important role in getting the message across to the communities.
The operations will run until January 15, 2021.
