Attorney General and Home Affairs Minister Adriel Brathwaite must act now!
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How long can you hold your breath?

http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/ag-to-step-in/

“I do not believe that I’ve heard or seen any evidence over the last couple of months . . . that would suggest that there has been a depreciation in the quality of policing and the responsiveness to the events; or that we were going in the direction where Barbadians seem more apt to call sources other than the police force,” said Brathwaite.
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“We need to support them, if we don’t . . . the hotbed areas which I daresay the police are working to address would in fact escalate. But we ourselves have to send the right signal, and I say to you tonight that my signal is that I have confidence in our police force,” said Brathwaite.
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Re: Gun Culture.
If you smoke high grade and listen to gun lyrics long enough, eventually even Mother Theresa would bust one in a boy face if he violate.

The thing is we seldom if ever, hear about police seizing guns, yet it is common knowledge that guns are prevalent on blocks around the country. Another thing that puzzles is where do they get the ammunition.

The Attorney General has to be perceived publicly as being loyal to his troops. His public mouthings must be taken in this light. It is no different to when late PM Thompson, Central Bank Governor and others told Barbadians not to panic. Their role as public figures is first to allay fears but the public must be able to make a reasonable assumption that they are also working assiduously to fix the problems.

@The Scout

The time for ‘purty’ talk by politicians and other stakeholders to stop has come. Let us not forget the flowery articles and words from traditional media. We are at the tipping point and patriotic Bajans will have to accept the challenge to fight to win back our country.

Must say David Ellis is having a good callin show today. The reality that crime is being covered up is a fact, Ellis gave an example.

Here is a fact; there is the practice in the Pine Housing Area where the bad boys are not only shooting up the block but they are entering homes TV style in the area. Here is the catch, the police most times have not been responding.

@I. R. Nottobright,

You are certainly shining.

Hope Bim doesn’t become like Toronto.
Black on Black crime is not perceived as a “problem” until a white person is accidentally shot.

This crime situation in Barbados isn’t nothing to be taken lightly. Many sit back and refuse to say anything that could be of help in finding the person, or persons who are terrorizing the different communities in Barbados. The funny thing about it is that GOD forbid that if something should happy to any one of those you chose to remain silent family members… then it will become a different story; Barbados is too small for all this crime. STOP following these other countries that take killing as a way of life; Barbadians are a much more LOVING set of people. A gun resolves no problem. It just creates a new one that the life you have taken, can never be replaced; I feel that the Barbados Police Force is scared to even try due to the fact guns are involved; Whee are the guns coming from, and how is it that easy to keep a supply of ammunition? If the trend continues, Barbados is going to become a GHOST ISLAND. Your cash source tourism is going to dry up very quickly. No tourist, no money, no jobs and things will become worse; This has to be a collective effort by all Barbadians if this problem can ever get close to being resolved. Many high ranking people in Barbados seem only interested in a pay check. But take their jobs lightly; As a Barbadian I will continue to hope and pray that this situation be resolved like yesterday; GOD BLESS and things that you didn’t do last year 2010, do not allow them to continue in 2011 if you want change; Start from the top to make changes. DEMAND more from your public servants. STOP allowing them to just talk without any action that makes a difference;

with the easy flow of regional traffic in and out of Barbados, bajans end up being blamed for a lot of crime that occur in this country. Don’t get me wrong, yes, bajans too have escalated their criminal habits but much crime is done by non-bajans who come into this country do what they were paid to do and take the next flight out. It would take a collective effort by true bajans to take back this country and it MUST start from the TOP, with the P.M, the C.J. the ATT. Gen, politicians, judges and magistrates and those of lesser rank down to the man in the street. To acheive this we must stop being political yardfowls and call a spade a spade, tell both parties that they MUST, to protect Barbados, stop playing politics with this country or we will finish up worse than Jamaica, T&T, St. Lucia or Guyana. Mark my words

Just get back from Toronto. Shite man NO SNOW AT ALL AT ALL… waste ah money…

Learnt one thing though, and that is that policemen earn more money that the Prime Minister of Barbados. ONLY THE VERY BEST candidates are chosen, which is to say that it is VERY DIFFICULT to sign up and be accepted.

Now hear is the thing. We pay a handful of Lawyers to act as Judges and Magistrates a handsome sum “to keep them honest”. Why not do the same, as Canada is doing, for ordinary members of the force.

Two Jack Ass AGs, one on either side, a few years ago publicly responded to the fact that many policemen were complaining about their salaries and were leaving to work in other territories by saying that they are free to leave in pursuit of greener pastures….!

When I become Prime Minister my first act would be to rid Barbados of 200 senior public servants and put the monies saved into creating positions for far better paid and far more able Policemen. (Of course many of the posts that will be made redundant are those which are presently filled by economists and jackass lawyers…)

@ BAFBFP…….

Man you should have come to NYC.
There was 3ft in some places, shut down the whole place for a week.

I like the point you made about decent salaries for the Police.

Would you feel a little better about it if Bonny Peppa is manning the scanner?

@RT

Dottin is the Bossman, the buck stops with him.

I want he resign because he is just another example of a Jackass Lawyer, one of the many that ’bout hey trying to mek people believe that they intelligent and able …

David when I become Prime Minister the post of AG earmarked for politicians gun be the firs’ tah get drop…. yet another excuse of a job for the Jack Ass community …!

The ability to exploit my predicament in times of need whether that person is doctor or lawyer makes it all the more relevant to throw scorn at these people… Yes sir, I do not think kindly of these people. At least doctors some of them anyway, can demonstrate true talent … Jack asses on the other hand, well the term speaks for itself …

David
What did you expect him to say. It is only when everything exposes in the face of bajans that we will try to do something about it.

Darwin Dottin reminds me of Owen Arthur, old, tired and refusing to move out of the way. He should have retired a long time ago.

But they have so much in common, was it not Owen Arthur’s Government who installed Darwin?

He was pitched fork over better qualified men and women into the Commissioner’s chair. Is he a Barbados Labour Party supporter?

Another problem with the Barbados Labour Party written all over it.

The government should just send him home.

Hey Hants;

Please be aware that the police’s de facto responsibility is the protection of businesses …. corporate citizens. We the ordinary citizens, whether from terrace or heights or low downs, should look forward to little service protection or reassurance…!

By the way, did you know that they moonlight as security personnel in piano bars?

By the way, did you know that they moonlight as security personnel in piano bars?
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That must make for a cheerful ambience!