The Department of Public Safety urged the public yesterday to follow safety measures when exploding firecrackers or lighting fireworks during tonight\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations.<\/p>\n
DPS Patrol Commander Sgt. Joe Saures told Saipan Tribune that children must have adult supervision when exploding firecrackers.<\/p>\n
Saures said that parents and adults should see to it that children don\u2019t play with lighters and fire when popping firecrackers or lighting fireworks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey also must not aim [fireworks] at other peoples\u2019 residences or at highways where vehicles are traveling because that can cause accidents and fire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
So far this year, the police have not received reports of any serious injuries related to firecrackers, unlike in the previous years when firecrackers were unregulated.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that this year it\u2019s been regulated and our guys are making sure they are enforcing the firecracker law right now. We have already a law about firecrackers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Saures said there are already regulations with respect to the sale of firecrackers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are certain volumes of gunpowder allowed in the firecrackers. Now it is regulated to a certain capacity where it doesn\u2019t really blow up and hurt people, unlike those in previous years,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the laws against firecrackers are pretty much good now. Whatever they put in them are less explosive than what we had in previous years,\u201d Saures added.<\/p>\n
On the issue of criminality during the holiday season, the DPS official said their Patrol Section has been intensifying community patrols in villages.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really are trying to do a lot of deterrence as far as within the villages are concerned because of a lot of theft cases, a lot of burglaries going on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
During late night or early morning Christmas Masses, Saures said, patrol officers were focused on residential areas because people were in churches.<\/p>\n
He reminded motorists that there will be checkpoints on New Year\u2019s Eve and New Year\u2019s Day to make sure that highways and streets are safe from drunk and drugged drivers.<\/p>\n
Saures\u2019 message to the public? \u201cI wish them a very happy New Year and make sure they are safe and watch out for each other out there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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