Geisha Kow­lessar

Act­ing Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er James Philbert has ex­pressed sat­is­fac­tion that yes­ter­day's lo­cal gov­ern­ment elec­tions were gen­er­al­ly crime-free.

Ac­cord­ing to the top cop, there were no re­ports of vi­o­lent out­bursts or se­ri­ous crimes which would have marred yes­ter­day's pro­ceed­ings. "Every­thing was pret­ty qui­et and we are gen­er­al­ly pleased with that," Philbert said. "There were re­ports of no se­ri­ous crimes to dis­turb the lo­cal gov­ern­ment elec­tion." From as ear­ly as 4 am yes­ter­day, po­lice of­fi­cers were out on the streets, keep­ing watch over the var­i­ous polling sta­tions. Sol­diers al­so joined in the pa­trols.

Head of North­ern Di­vi­sion, act­ing Se­nior Supt Stephen Ram­sub­hag, said there were no re­ports of se­ri­ous crimes at the var­i­ous polls, adding that the sta­tions were manned by a full com­ple­ment of of­fi­cers. At West­ern Di­vi­sion, there were al­so no re­ports of se­ri­ous crimes. Act­ing ASP Hen­ry Dann said there was a full com­ple­ment of of­fi­cers at the polling sta­tions to en­sure the safe­ty of vot­ers.

Of­fi­cers will be re­quired to re­main on du­ty un­til in­struc­tions have been giv­en by the Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er to "stand down." Af­ter the elec­tion, po­lice will still be con­duct­ing 24-hour pa­trols to en­sure there are no in­ci­dents of post-elec­tion vi­o­lence.