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Racers Edge wrote:Kaylex:
1. Quite clearly the ANALOGY I used is lost on you. The point was consequence for transgression. Don't know how else to say that... I do agree that lack of corporal punishment in schools definitely has had an impact on the surge in crime.
2. I'm frankly sick of the empirical data cop out. The death penalty is on the books of the sovereign nation of TT and it should be enforced. I am not about to argue the concept of whether hangings deter criminals, irrelevant. Your holy than thou attitude will come to a screeching halt the day (god forbid) one of your relatives is murdered.
3. I highly question the veracity of this comment, you are seriously telling me it will cost me more for a one time act vs. 50 years of food, clothes and shelter. I will defintely research this. Not about to take your un-referenced word on this.
4. I agree with you. Time to stop the bullsh!t and act. CCJ and withdraw from ALL human rights bodies.
5. This is irrelevant. They have been found guilty by a jury and sentenced according to the laws of the country. What;s your point?
6. Agreed.
Alfonso: Drastic action has to be taken
Shaliza Hassanali
Published:
Sunday, February 24, 2013
As murder rate soars
Maharaj: No crime plan... T&T a killing field
Former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj feels the country has been transformed into a “killing field” as criminals are no longer afraid of the Government, while law abiding citizens have become prisoners in their homes.
Maharaj expressed similar sentiments to Alfonso that T&T was facing a national crisis and that drastic action is needed to deal with the situation. He said the 33 months the Government has been in office they seem not to have a crime plan.
A successful crime plan would involve detection, which Maharaj said, was way too low. “Any person not being detected is an encouragement for criminals to do what they want.” Maharaj said the Government had neglected improving the capabilities of the police, while there was no aggressive machinery to assist the Director of Public Prosecutions in prosecuting people.
“The Government has been denying the office of the DPP the necessary resources to deal with that problem,” he claimed. Feared by the criminals when he served as AG, Maharaj said he pursued all law breakers in a holistic way. “I instituted measures to catch and prosecute the criminals, and if necessary, to have them executed.”
Maharaj said the disbanding of SAUTT saw many police officers who were trained to detect crime being sent home, while SRPs who have little or no experience were brought into the service. Also the cancellation of the OPVs, which was the machinery to prevent the guns and drug from entering our borders was another error.
Asked if another SoE will allay the fears of citizens, Maharaj replied. “That is the wrong road. That will be an admission of failure.” What is needed, Maharaj said, is willpower, expertise, management, proper leadership and dedication, not rhetoric. “The Prime Minister needs to take full responsibility for the massacre that is happening currently. This is the same Government that told the people that crime will be a thing of the past.”
Maharaj will speak at a press conference on Tuesday to discuss rising crime and the PP’s poor governance.
Panday: We hunted the big fish
Former prime minister Basdeo Panday boasted that when his government was in office, crime was at its lowest with less resources, manpower and finances. He said his government worked with a plan and had the capacity to effectively manage it. “I think this Government lacks both of these things.”
Panday what is needed is a multi-faceted approach to tackle crime. The implementation of jobs, educational and social programmes and eliminating the country’s drug lords were some of the strategies Panday had instituted. “The records will show that we dealt with them (drug barons) in a serious way. We hunted the big fish.”
Panday said the hangings of Dole Chadee and his accomplices and the extradition of Zimmern Beharry, who faced charges arising out of international drug trafficking, stopped the criminals in their tracks.
Subero—It’s hard to regain people’s trust
Keith Subero, former general manager of Crime Stoppers, described the escalating crime rate as “frightening.” While Deputy Commissioner Mervyn Richardson made an appeal to the public to join them in the crime fight, a method which Crime Stopper had initiated years ago, Subero said this required citizens to have a certain amount of confidence in the police service.
Noting that citizens had lost all faith in the service, Subero said it will be hard to regain the people’s trust. Meanwhile, Crime Stoppers general manager Garland Samuel said they received hundreds of calls and on-line tips monthly from anonymous people giving information on criminal activity. In the coming weeks, Samuel said, a number of initiatives will be unveiled.
Ramesar: Police demotivated, not taken seriously
Sgt Anand Ramesar, president of the Police Social and Welfare Association, who said several issues have been affecting the T&T Police Service (TTPS), claimed the most nagging was lack of promotions, which the Police Service Commission has failed to address.
“The police officers from a psychological level are not motivated coming out of the inaction of the challenges faced. What we have is too many short term strategies that cannot measure results and treat with crime holistically. We have a lot of issues with police officers’ techniques and practices.” Ramesar said the officers’ mandate needs to be recalibrated.
“We are not seeing scientific studies, proper planning and strategic actions plans that are backed by proper research.” The TTPS has a total of 8,000 officers. Ramesar said the service lacked synergy and networking. “What we need first and foremost is to deal with the human resource; the policeman himself. The culture change. You have quantity but not quality.”
While admitting the service has been faced with a crime detection problem, Ramesar said unless officers are taken seriously nothing will change.
rmn1 wrote:And how is it in Asia Singapore,Malaysia,Brunei to specific death to drug traffickers, murders etc... My point is if it is we are debating that execution ASAP style is not a deterrent why does it show to be an effective method in those countries...
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