Security operatives in Gicumbi district have arrested 29 men in an operation aimed at curbing suspected idlers. The arrested were transferred to Gicumbi transit center where they await screening.
According to the Regional Police Commander Northern Province Chief Superintendent Gilbert Gumira, such operations are aimed at preventing criminal activities that may be committed by potential criminals such as loiterers, prostitutes as well as street children.
At the transit centers screening process is conducted to identify criminals while street children are handed over to their parents with a warning to keep them off streets.
“In some cases some of those rounded up happen to be criminals on the run so we try to establish where they come from to ascertain whether they have cases to answer,” CSP Gumira explained.
He also noted that a partnership with Iwawa Rehabilitation and Integration Center has been established where Male loiterers aged between 18 and 35 years are transferred for rehabilitation. Facilities to accommodate women are yet to be established.
Currently only three districts in Northern Province have transit centers. They include Gicumbi, Murera and Musanze. Efforts are already underway to establish at least a transit center in all the districts within the province.
The transit centers have already contributed to reduction in criminal activities. “If you compare crimes committed in December last year and those of last month you realize a significant reduction,” Gumira noted.
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