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Name: Sista

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I agree with Spence. The media could do better at reporting if not look at what is happening with Sasha Mohammed, the Express is only making mention of it because they're upset with her. My brother is a police officer in South Trinidad, he works day and night and yet his work is never recognized. Whoever thinks police officers work for the money then they have no clue how little they get paid.

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Name: Spence

Comments: College Girl / Caribs; I am in tears, almost anyway, you I believe are both young people. You should be full of positive energy, willing to try new things, see things from a new prospective and not perpetuate the erroneous practices and mindsets of the past and current society. If a few teachers cannot spell, does that mean that all are illiterate? Dr. SHIPMAM in England murdered scores of his patients, are we now to suspect that all patients that die whilst under the care of a doctor was murdered? Why then should we allow a few POLICE OFFICERS to shape our view of the entire service. In the recent past and currently we allowed newspapers and the electronic media boost their revenue at the expense of the POLICE reputation I am trying to show you that this has worked to the detriment of all of us all as it emboldened criminals. Very few people have benefited from this. It's as if we are cocaine addicts in love with our pusher because he makes us feel good while he kills us slowly. There are instances when POLICE OFFICERS do act wrongfully. I challenge you to name one profession in which wrongful behaviour occurs less frequently. Please do not misunderstand me, one incident incident is too many but the constant spotlight on wrong doing makes us all less safe. I watch Fox News on cable TV, they seem to have struck the right balance. Criticism is dispensed when necessary but a healthy menu of praise is dished out also. I am 98% Pleased with the performance of the TTPS.

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Spence, are you a police officer by the way? (if you don't want to answer it's cool man). I understand what you're saying but I don't think blaming the media is helpful. Why is it that people complain so much about the police then? (from not taking their reports seriously to police brutality in some cases). Did you see that video circulating on Youtube about the police officer pulling a gun to the people at the ovall? That's not the media but things people talk about in every day life.

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Spence how is it that you only have lots to say about how good the police are and don't say nothing in the other crime topics? OK so there are good police and there are a few bad apples I agree, so now what about the actual crime taking place what's your solutions?

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Name: Spence

Comments: Indian CHICK / Caribs, I am grateful for this dialog, I learn for people with different mindsets from my own, thanks. The POLICE do sometimes shoot themselves in the foot, both figuratively and in reality. The clip that you referred to has to sting GOOD OFFICERS who strive daily to regain the respect and trust of the citizenry. However good work is reported too, 3,500 rounds of ammunition seized at a house in Arima should start to counter that set back. I have strong views but I am a realist also, thus I must concede that there are some sour lemons among the sweet oranges.
Physically I have never been the victim of crime but psychologically I have been brutalized. They are so frequent now, that murders no longer horrify us as they should. Robberies, rapes,breakings and other serious crimes seem to be natural everyday occurrences. With respect to crime, there are no rural areas anymore, urban style crimes have invaded the most remote villages. The fear of crime affects us all and the POLICE have a unique responsibility, to be the tip of the arrow leading society's fight to bring it under control. They must get it right, they must balance the use of power with responsibility, and compassion with decisive firm consistent actions. They must act in a manner that engenders respect, trust and confidence. With all this being noted, I hasten to add that the tip of an arrow does not travel far or with much force if it does not have powerful shaft to drive it. This is where the citizenry joins the fight. Whether you like them or not, the POLICE are our only earthly defense against criminals. Does it make any sense to launch a constant stream of verbal media attacks against our defenders? as imperfect as they are? There is no neutral ground in this fight, if you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem. We need to help ourselves in this fight by supporting the POLICE. We can do so by becoming actively involved in disciplining young people, reporting crimes that we witness and giving evidence in court against criminals, even when the victim is a stranger. If hat criminal walks free the chances are that he may target your friend or relative tomorrow! As it stands currently, murders are committed in broad daylight in Port of Spain and the murderers are confident that no witnesses will come forward. Shouldn't we be ashamed that our society has diminished to this? Driven by the media's bias, we are led to believe that the POLICE alone are responsible for fighting crime, when infact, our crime problem will not be effectively dealt with until we all take up our personal civil responsibilities / duties and take our communities back by supporting the POLICE.

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Interesting feedback Spence. I would like to know if you know the statistics about crimes taking place and arrests taking place with regards to those crimes? I heard the ratio is very low (as it was mentioned on this thread) and I would like to know what is the reason for that?

As a former Journalist/Radio Announcer I can tell you that good news don't sell (although I must admit that I do see the media highlighting the police force in positive ways as well but maybe not often) however is it their job to highlight it?

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Name: Spence

Comments: LDSforever; Arrests depends on information accessed from witnesses. The less witnesses that come forward the less arrests could be made. I estimate that in 60% of reports suspects are arrested, however in many of these matters they have to be released due to a lack of cooperation from witnesses/victims. Adding to this problem, even when statements are given to facilitate charges being laid, many witnesses/victims lose interest as matters are postponed frequently and simple cases sometimes are drawn out for years. To win this fight we civic minded citizens have to stay the course and commit ourselves to rid our communities of criminals.

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Spence I really don't understand what you are saying, how is that arrests made by the police depend solely in witnesses? It seems like in our country we have a big problem with gang/drug related crimes and even the Police claimed in the past they know who these people are and they know where they are and the type of activities they're allegedly involved so how come if the police know these things no arrests are being made?