The number of violent events recorded in Montreal continues its increasing trend, according to the 2021 activity report of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM).
Red lights on the document made available online on Tuesday. Homicide, attempted murder, assault, sexual assault and other crimes against humanity are rampant in the metropolis.
Tables of crime statistics for the past year, as well as the past five years, confirm this.
The SPVM
reports a 17.3% increase in crimes against humanity over the past five years.The report noted that the metropolis recorded 36 homicides in 2021, bringing the average variation over five years to 39.5%. Assassination attempts were 27.1% over the past five years.
We look forward to it, Samson said
In an interview with All one morningAnie Samson, spokesperson and founding member of the Community of Citizens in Action Against Violent Criminals, was not surprised by these numbers.
We know it will increase. We’re talking about 144 gun discharges in 2021 compared to 71 in 2020. It doubledremembrance of Ms. Samson.
” We realize that the phenomenon of guns, nowadays, is spreading everywhere […] it is growing and it will not stop now. “
Over the past two years, young people have had more access to illegal firearms and their components than ever before, Ms. Samson, who served as vice president of the Executive Committee, responsible for public security in the City.
However, he is glad to see that citizens are increasingly calling on the police to denounce them. Previously, people did not call muchhe pointed out.
In 2021, Info-Crime Montreal, which encourages citizens to report crimes while maintaining their anonymity, reported receiving 10,624 calls from June 2020 to May 2021, double the number recorded in last year.
What should the City do?
For Ms. Samson, knows the observation and so do the solutions. It is necessary, he said, to start with a sufficient number of police.
Before the election campaign, about 500 policemen were missing, 250 were retired and needed to be replaced. Need more 250said Anie Samson, who directed Mayor Valérie Plante, to return to her election commitment.
At the beginning of November, at a press conference, the mayor promised to hire 250 additional agents before 2023, including 80 before the end of January 2022.
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