Stronger police presence needed

Research has found that simply having more officers on the streets patrolling and making their presence known and felt, even if they are not arresting or pulling over anyone, can put a dent in criminal activity.

The characteristics of a country that has crime under reasonable control are the strong management and accountability techniques within a police department, as well as efficiency in collecting important data which are then used to identify crime patterns and which allow for the selecting of criminal hot spots and tactics to deploy resources to break criminal patterns.

Adding more efficient police officers can reduce the rate of crime and create a higher criminal detection rate.

CHELSEA BEDASE El Dorado