MIND BOGGLING STATEMENT ON CRIME

Nov 29, 2015 Editorial, Features / Columnists

Two days after the Police announced that crime in Guyana is on the decrease and that plans are in place for a safe Christmas season, armed bandits invaded the home of the former Crime Chief and robbed him and his family.
The ordeal which lasted for a few minutes has not only traumatized his children, but has added to the perception that criminals are operating with impunity in the country. If the criminals could be so bold as to rob a senior Police Officer, then what would they do to the ordinary citizen.
Many believe that the crime statistics are being manipulated by the police to make it appear that crime is not as bad as is being reported in the media.
The statement by the Crime Chief is mind-boggling; it flies in the face of the mountain of evidence that contradicts his words. What was the basis of the statement when the citizens are exposed to violence almost every day? Surely the Crime Chief is misguided and that he may well be aware that he is a square peg in a round hole, especially if one were to judge him not just on this statement, but on his string of public gaffes since achieving office.
The Government, especially the Minister of Public Security should act now to reduce crime or they too will be seen as being incompetent.
Many have contradicted the Crime Chief whose intent was to send a strong message to calm a jittery public that crime is under control. It has backfired because crime is the new threat that has taken the country back in time. It appears as though the Government remains as clueless about the upsurge in crime as it does of its origins and its appeal to and influence on youths.
There is no plan or strategy to deal with crime or to counter its influence on youths. Until it does, society will continue to lose its youths to a criminal life. The minister, like his predecessor, continues to address the situation in vague clichés as if it is not of deep concern to all and to the extent that crime is not a threat to society.
In Guyana, there isn’t anything that has so chilled the spirit and depressed the psyche of the people as violent crime. Guyanese all across the country have been affected by the criminal acts of evil, vicious and mindless men.The danger is that the people feel that the government has not done enough to prevent such barbarities
The government and the Police have to make up their minds and deal with the criminals. It is lamentable that crime has increased substantially under the Minister of Public Security who on several occasions had criticized the former Minister of Home Affairs for allowing the criminals to act with impunity.
Many, including the religious fraternity, posit that there are too many guns on the streets. The over-militarization of the criminals is in part responsible for the high level of violence in society, not only because police guns inevitably end up in the hands of criminals, but also because the criminals use their connections to obtain more sophisticated weaponry than the police.
A de-escalation of violence in society in needed. There is irrefutable evidence that violence begets violence and the bravado espoused by the criminals has provoked a greater reaction from the lawless.
Crime must be confronted by all not as members of opposing political parties, but as one people against the criminals. Efforts must be explored to empower and organize the communities to assist the security forces and to improve the penal and correctional system so that more young men can return to society after incarceration as potentially useful citizens, rather than embittered and hardened criminals.
There must be accountability and transparency in governance in order to bolster confidence.

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