On Tuesday, a meeting took place in front of Da Nang’s Trung Vuong Theatre to honour the members of newly-introduced night patrols for their active involvement in ensuring security in the city.  The night patrols are carried out by teams comprising police, military personnel and local residents. 

Speaking at the event, Col Le Quoc Dan, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Police, remarked “In the nearly 5 months since the launch of the night patrol programme in the city, they have detected and arrested 41 people involved in property thefts, 98 for using illegal drugs, and 62 for illegal gambling.  In addition, 173 fights were dealt with, and 1,436 families were reminded to close their doors or windows at night.  The patrols broke up several groups of youngsters gathering for drinks at night, and dealt with 386 road traffic violations.”

Chairman Tho (middle) presenting gifts and flowers to outstanding patrol members

At the event, municipal People’s Committee Chairman Huynh Duc Tho affirmed that these positive results had proved the efficiency of the city’s effective and timely policies on crime prevention and control.  He also took the opportunity to ask local patrol officers to continue upholding their strength and sense of responsibility in order to reduce the number of crimes in the city and make Da Nang a safer city in the years ahead.