Name: Aliya
Comments: I just want to say that in Trinidad crime needs harsher laws like hanging and life imprisonment for all who does wrong especially for innocent victims who are afraid to take legal action.
Name: Sylvin
Comments: The Uriah Butler Highway isn't the only place that should be monitored, there is crime all over the country. The GPS system is a waste of money because TT police officers are mostly natives of TT and they know their country. Very few police officers go beyond the call of duty, otherwise more crimes would be solved.
Police officers should be educated in Criminology and take an honest step in doing their job. The Commissioner of Police should understand the people of TT and how the people think, in terms of catching criminals. In terms of National Security...Crime starts at the top, not the bottom. IF the people in power are criminals, stealing from their own country and dishonest in the system, then the people they employ will have nothing to look up to and honor. Then the filth of crime just filters down to the police on the street. If they can work with the criminals and gain something...then they let the criminals get away with plenty leaving the innocent and vulnerable at risk. Most of the country feels that they can't even rely on the judicial system because it is so corrupted. In my opinion, Mr. Gibbs is not doing anything about the crime situation in TT, this isn't Edmonton, AB.
The head of DOMA went on TV6 News today suggesting that the Canadian born Police Commissioners serving here are giving a false sense of security to the citizens of Trinidad & Tobago by announce percentages of criminal violence going down. He mentioned that on Charlotte St. Alone there were over 38 robberies on Carnival Monday. One woman gave an account of how she was held down on a store by three men and robbed of her bracelets. She says she cannot feel safe in Trinidad again.
An Aranjuez North Secondary School student stabbed another. The victim is now at Mt. Hope listed in serious condition. When will the school violence stop? It's unbelievable to be honest.
According to a UN report, Trinidad and Tobago has the second highest crime in the region and one out of every two persons living in Trinidad and Tobago is scared of becoming the next victim of crime.
Name: Spence
Comments: Oh SYLVIN, such a sad picture you paint. Even worse is the fact that you offered no solutions. I am no psychologist, but it appears to me that you (and a great many others) are victims of negative press to the extent that you see no hope and feel powerless to effect positive change. We have certainly fallen far from how things should be but there many reasons to believe that good shall triumph over evil. There is no escaping the fact that once humans administer anything a certain level of corruption or dishonesty shall be present. Though we seek perfection we were born children of ADAM and inherited his sinful nature. No one can challenge the fact that there are more honest politicians than others and while the POLICE OFFICERS that you describe may exist, the great majority are full of integrity. We the general population do indeed have power to effect positive change if we are prepared to discharge our civil duties. Criminals at all levels thrive as they are confident that we will never testify against them if we witness a crime that "is none of our business". Even victims of crimes that are solved fail to co-operate with POLICE as testifying in court is "inconvenient". Little do we know that these same criminals walk free creating a real chance that he /she may victimize one of us, a friend, family or loved one after their release. I pray that we all wake-up to this fact soon.
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