Criminals taking advantage of lack of Police presence - talk show caller
The man recalled a time when one could find a policeman and policewoman walking the streets together and lamented that this seems not to be the case any longer.
“But this is not happening today. Tell me the reason why,” he said.
In response, host of the talk show Douglas Wheatley said while he was not sure the reason why this seems not to be happening, he himself can recall the days of robust police foot and bicycle patrols in and around the city.
According to the caller, the criminals are observing the lack of Police presence on the streets and are taking advantage of it.
“The criminals are seeing this and taking advantage of it and then the police want the public to help them. But the public don't trust the police. They have to build the trust of the public,” said the caller.
Wheatley pointed out that lack of access to the Commissioner of Police by the public seems to be a continuing issue.
“I think that the Commissioner of Police should have an open door policy. I think you should be able to take the views that you have expressed here tonight to the Commissioner of Police and that he should be able to speak with you and hear the views that you have,” host Wheatley said.
Of late, new Commissioner of Police Michael ‘Mick’ Matthews has been appealing to the public to identify the perpetrators of a few brazen robberies of supermarkets and persons on the street. He insisted that people knew who these criminals are but are not coming forward to identify them to the police.
Matthews himself has been receiving cricitisms from members of the public for seemingly not doing enough to combat crime in the territory.
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