By The Star Staff
The president of the Puerto Rico Police Members Association on Sunday advised the public about the damages and dangers of the use of fireworks and other explosives during the Christmas season.
José J. Taboada de Jesús said that in recent years the use of fireworks has escalated dramatically as a festive element in the Christmas season, so the police will be more alert than ever.
“In the last few years we have lamented accidents, especially with young people who have used explosives to celebrate Christmas and New Years,” he said.
The use of dynamite is something that does not fit with the holiday tradition, Taboada de Jesús said, and much less as a demonstration of peace and joy that should prevail in households in communities and institutions during the island’s longest holiday season, which begins with Thanksgiving and lasts until Three Kings Day in early January.
Year after year the Police Members Association holds an intensive campaign to orient the public about “ZERO USE OF PYROTECHNICS,” he said, yet still people keep behaving in a dangerous and unlawful way.
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