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Why no night patrols on Soesdyke/Linden highway?

Aug 13, 2013 Letters

 

 

Dear Editor,
On Saturday evening I attended the wedding of KN sports journalist, Edison Jefford. Leonard Craig and I planned to overnight in Linden through the generosity of Aubrey Norton. During the reception, KN journalist, Rawle Welch informed us that he would be heading back to Georgetown. We made an on the spot decision to return even though it was late. I rang Aubrey and thanked him for his generosity and we set out on the dark highway late at night
From Linden to Soesdyke, we did not see a police patrol. That highway is scary after midnight. You can easily be robbed. Ironically, earlier in the evening while we were traveling to Linden, there was a police road block searching vehicles. This makes no sense. A criminal is not going to carry drugs or weapons in his car in the day when the roadblocks are on. If he knows that after 22.00 hours, the police disappear then at that hour he is going to make his move
From Soesdyle to Charlestown in the uncivilized hour in the morning we saw no police patrol. Do the police sleep after 21.00 hours? Why are they not patrolling the eerie passages on the East Bank during these dark times? With the horrible crime rate we have, it is not commonsense to let criminals know that there are police patrols when night falls?
Looking back, I don’t think I will travel on the Linden highway in those hours unless we are in a convoy. Once again, my appreciation for the offer by Aubrey Norton.
Frederick Kissoon    

 

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