Crime and Criminal

"Manning also said Government was as concerned about crime as the citizens of this country. If the solutions were easy, we would have solved the problem a long time ago,” he said, adding that it was not too late. “What we can commit ourselves to is this: If we try A and A does not work, we will try B; and if B doesn’t work, we would try C. We will try, and we will try, and we will try until we solve that (crime) problem in the interest of the people of Trinidad and Tobago."

If acting Police Commissioner Philbert is as serious about solving crime as I think he is, he must deal with the simple problems that can be solved without foreign consultants. People lose confidence in the Police Service when things that make no sense continue unabated without any credible explanation. A few common-sense solutions to a few common problems must be considered.

A friend recently described Trinidad and Tobago as “a failed state with a little bit of money.” What will happen when that money done is the burning question that we must all ponder. The country has slipped into a state of anarchy. There is absolutely no respect for the rule of law, and the will of the bandit now prevails.

Last week, I had the opportunity to observe the British system of criminal justice in operation. One of the judges allowed me to sit with him and observe the proceedings. The trial concerned a robbery that was committed six months ago. The trial was concluded in one day and the convicted offender will be sentenced this week.

I feel compelled to alert the public to the lax security in most of our shopping malls, because the wife of a good friend, who contested the last general elections for Congress of the People, was almost kidnapped and robbed in daylight, last Saturday. The incident occurred at a popular shopping mall. 

How did Debbie Ramsingh die? Was she murdered, or did she drown? What blame should the officers at Debe and Barrackpore police stations take for her death?