30 murders since Monday

[evanovitch]

Local law enforcement officers are battling a wave of killings, robberies and shootings that had been sweeping the island over the past two weeks.

Data obtained by RJR News show that 30 persons have been killed since Monday, August 3.

The data also revealed that more than 40 persons were killed last week, pushing the country's murder rate to more than 900 with only five months remaining in the year.

The month of July was particularly bloody with nearly 160 persons being killed by criminals wreaking havoc across the island.

The police divisions of Clarendon, St. James, St. Catherine South, St. Catherine North and the Corporate Area continue to be a headache for members of the police force.

The cops say Westmoreland is now becoming a worry with a recent spate of killings.

One senior investigator told RJR News that the tough economic climate is preventing the Police High Command from providing monetary resources to pay informants and this is making it extremely difficult to get intelligence on the perpetrators of the violence.

Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin had promised a 5% reduction in murders this year.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: 30 murders since Monday

<span style="font-size: 14pt">It is government policy. They will soon stop reporting it as news, and only pake reports when ther e are no deaths. that is if that ever happen. </span> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Local law enforcement officers are battling a wave of killings, robberies and shootings that had been sweeping the island over the past two weeks.

Data obtained by RJR News show that 30 persons have been killed since Monday, August 3.

The data also revealed that more than 40 persons were killed last week, pushing the country's murder rate to more than 900 with only five months remaining in the year.

The month of July was particularly bloody with nearly 160 persons being killed by criminals wreaking havoc across the island.

The police divisions of Clarendon, St. James, St. Catherine South, St. Catherine North and the Corporate Area continue to be a headache for members of the police force.

The cops say Westmoreland is now becoming a worry with a recent spate of killings.

One senior investigator told RJR News that the tough economic climate is preventing the Police High Command from providing monetary resources to pay informants and this is making it extremely difficult to get intelligence on the perpetrators of the violence.

Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin had promised a 5% reduction in murders this year.



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[Xavier]

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Ruff time...seems the hole in the dyke burst

[sistactry]

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ahhh man, dat is very disturbing to read on Independence Day, cha

[jah_yout]

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i read somewhere that in 1962 (year of independence) there were like 60 or 70 murders for the whole island for the whole year;

aye sah

[Dr.Dudd]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i read somewhere that in 1962 (year of independence) there were like 60 or 70 murders for the whole island for the whole year;

aye sah </div></div>Remember it was only a few days ago that we were saying th e same thing about Trinidad's murder rate too??
Now it is higher than Jamaica, although the Jamaican criminals with the support of government policy is working hard to regain the lead.

[Derek]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">the tough economic climate is preventing the Police High Command from providing <span style="font-weight: bold">monetary resources to pay informants </span>and this is making it extremely difficult to get intelligence on the perpetrators of the violence.
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Is that their most potent weapon for fighting crime?

[Boricua_papi]

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Why can't the army and police gather in the north of the island and sweep southward flushing out every criminal along the way like what General Sherman did during the American Civil War. Because the crime-fighting tactics they use now just don't work.

[Wahalla]

Re: 30 murders since Monday

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derek</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">the tough economic climate is preventing the Police High Command from providing <span style="font-weight: bold">monetary resources to pay informants </span>and this is making it extremely difficult to get intelligence on the perpetrators of the violence.
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Is that their most potent weapon for fighting crime? </div></div> they dont do enough inteligence led intradiction... As Ninja put it.. Dem intimidate not invesitigate...


police address the symptons not the causes....