Some residents are aiding criminals in Hanover – DSP Beeput
WHILE SHE remains resolute and determined to break the back of the ongoing lawlessness plaguing the parish, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sheron Beeput, the commanding officer for Hanover, says some residents are assisting criminals to evade the police.
According to Beeput, whose policing initiatives have resulted in the arrest of 17 gangsters within recent weeks, the police would have been even more successful if some irresponsible residents were not alerting the gangsters whenever the police entered their communities.
“In some communities, the residents will call the criminals and tell them that the police are in the communities, allowing them time to go into hiding or flee the area,” said Beeput. “It is not that we don’t have good intelligence on these guys, we just need the support and the cooperation of the residents.”
TARGETED RAIDS
After a bloody start to the year, which saw a whopping 21 murders in the first three months of 2017, Beeput was able to stem the bloodletting for almost two months by using the military and the police to carry out targeted raids against the parish’s three main gangs – the One Voice, 100 Rounds, and One Link. During the period, 17 gangsters were arrested and two killed in confrontations with the police.
However, following the period of lull, which saw the parish recording just one killing over a five-week period, the guns are barking again. Within the past two weeks, there have been six murders, inclusive of a quadruple murder in Mt Carmel earlier this week.
While fear is now gripping many communities, Beeput is imploring residents to get on board in the fight to prevent the lawlessness from exploding again.