The cops have left and thieves have returned

Feb 03, 2010 News

Over the years, around the Christmas season, makeshift Police Outposts manned by armed officers have been strategically placed around Georgetown as the lawmen attempt to curtail the volume of criminal activity during the festive season.
Citizens are indeed appreciative of the move by the law enforcement officers since they are able to shop and engage in other activities in relative safety and comfort. The presence of these officers is further bolstered by those of ranks dressed in black and wielding lethal looking machine guns. Officers are also armed with walkie-talkies and can radio for back-up if the need arises.
While the police are there, consumers feel protected and go about their businesses in peace and comfort, knowing that the eyes of the police are on the lookout for characters involved in nefarious activities.
Customarily, at around three weeks after the Christmas season has elapsed, the law enforcement officers remove the edifices from their temporary locations and their presence is noticeably minimized. Alexander and Regent Streets is one of the hotspots in central Georgetown. Someone once commented that there is never a dull moment around Alexander Street.
This sentiment is upheld from the early hours of the morning while most of the citizens are asleep. The police would swoop down on a famous ‘drug yard’ and most times, after a thorough search of the surroundings, would bundle droves of men, most of them ‘junkies’, into their pickup and transport them to the Brickdam Police Station.
It is now approximately eight days since the police have removed the makeshift edifice that housed their ranks over the holiday period and already the criminals are cashing in. Yesterday afternoon, at around 13:00hrs, two men walked up to a young woman as she disembarked from a route 40 minibus and calmly relieved her of a gold chain weighing some eight pennyweight.
The woman, Sabrina Singh, recounted that shortly after she had disembarked from the vehicle two men walked up to her and snatched her chain. The men then darted north along Alexander Street while Singh, desperately attempted to solicit help, shouted ‘thief.’ Two officers, one with a baton and the other empty-handed, were on duty in proximity of the incident. They only became aware of what was happening when a woman pointed to the two bandits running along Alexander Street. In the meantime, the woman stood helpless as the bandits turned east into Robb Street and disappeared.
Sabrina Singh lodged a report at the Constabulary office, one block from Alexander Street. She remains adamant that she would be able to recognize the bandits if she sees them again. That may be so, but most times these nuisances strike, with compliance from other ‘decent’ citizens thus making it difficult to haul them before the courts.
The incident is by no means an isolated one. Almost every day consumers are subjected to robberies and assault around the Alexander Street area. It is now time to call on the police to enhance the security of law-abiding citizens around this ‘hotspot.’

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