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The police must stop and search these suspicious elements

Sep 16, 2014 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
Armed robbery is an everyday occurrence in Guyana today. One has to just tune into the various media fora and you get the morbid report of another fatal armed robbery. It never ends, because the bandits are always one step ahead of the police.
One sure tactic used in these successful attacks is their mode of transport, that is, the use of the CG Motorcycles as well as these expensive motor cars. The criminals’ main targets are businessmen and business places, where to date many successful heists have been made.
Law enforcement is often caught flat-footed, always turning up at the scene minutes later when the bandits have already made good their getaway. When these things happen, criminals get even more brazen in their nefarious activities as more and more businesses are targeted. We cannot allow this to happen, we cannot allow the bandit to believe that he is getting the better of us with his banditry. Successful bandits hurt honest, hard-working achievers in business while stifling investment. No one would want to invest in a society where bandits roam free and their hard-earned money and their lives are at stake. This is the worst case scenario confronting us.
The point I am making, had those very policemen stopped the CG Motorcyclists or stopped and searched the suspicious vehicle, then it would have been a stitch in time. A very serious robbery would have been foiled and the suspects placed before the courts and given the punishment they rightly deserve.
My call to law enforcement is to be more on the alert for these “vehicles”. Be more vigilant. Stop and search suspicious elements in the aforementioned mode of transport. Stop and search them at different times, late at nights or early morning, during rush hour, the police must always be on top of their game. Don’t let the criminals off the hook. When criminals realize that a dragnet is out there for them, then certainly the crime rate would see a downward spiral.
Neil Adams

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