By- Aruna Rashed Toma Bangura
Inspector Smart Menjor attached to the Department of Inspectorate Research Policy and Planning during the launch of the Sierra Leone Police annual crime statistics report for 2022, on Monday 13th March, 2023 at the police headquarters has disclosed that murder cases are higher in the Western area compared to the other regions.
Inspector Smart Menjor stated that for Freetown west region, the criminal investigation department (CID) received and investigated 81 murder cases, Central Police division received and investigated 8 murder cases, Goderich police division received and investigated 6 murder cases and Lumley and Congo Cross divisions received and investigated 5 cases of murder each. He said that the aforementioned number of cases show that Freetown west recorded more murder cases compared to other policing regions.
He furthered that for Freetown East; the Harbour police division received and investigated 9 cases of murder, Waterloo division received and investigated 6 murder cases and Eastern police division received and investigated 6 murder cases.