{"id":347505,"date":"2025-08-29T11:29:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=347505"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:29:58","slug":"officials-credit-decrease-in-burglaries-in-roseau-to-community-patrolling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/officials-credit-decrease-in-burglaries-in-roseau-to-community-patrolling\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials credit decrease in burglaries in Roseau to community patrolling"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_347509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347509\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-347509\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lincoln-Corbette-addressing-recent-press-conference-1-642x364.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-347509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lincoln Corbette addressing recent press conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acting Chief of Police Lincoln Corbette is reporting a decrease in the number of burglaries in the City of Roseau.<\/p>\n<p>Corbette, who was addressing a press conference recently, said this is due to the increased presence of police officers patrolling the city.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, patrolling is the bedrock and backbone of policing, and by doing so, the police are able to meet the members of the communities, listen to their concerns, and immediately address some of these concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the officers have been deployed 24-7, that is 24 hours a day, and they&#8217;re out there patrolling. And it&#8217;s not about just giving tickets, but ensuring that the officers are there again in the case the public needs [consultations], they&#8217;ll be there on the spot,\u201d he stated.\u201cAnd we&#8217;ve seen, as I said, results. And we&#8217;ve also seen, significantly, a reduction of crime in the City. Burglaries in the City of Roseau are almost non-existent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cOne&#8211;maybe every two weeks&#8211;we see a report on burglary. Again, I strongly believe it&#8217;s because of the presence of the police in the city \u00a0and the work of the police on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he said each police station will be sending out officers daily to patrol in uniform, not just drive around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHit the ground running, walk the ground, meet the shopkeepers, go to the schools, meet the youth on the block, find out what the concerns are, meet the farmers\u2026that will help to reduce the issue of crime and, importantly, the fear of crime,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Corbette warned motorists about the issue of additional lights on their vehicles at night, which he said is a hazard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I&#8217;m warning those who have them to take them off because we will be\u00a0doing what you have to do, the patrols, VCP, vehicle checkpoint,\u201d he warned. \u201cThis nonsense has to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cYou&#8217;re not going in the jungle, what are you doing with that amount of lights?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Corbette encouraged citizens to cooperate with the police and support them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not attacking anybody, but at the end of the day, the police have their work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Acting Chief of Police Lincoln Corbette is reporting a decrease in the number of burglaries in the City of Roseau. 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