Too much crime in TT

THE EDITOR: What is really happening in our beautiful island of Trinidad I really don’t know, and I doubt very much if the Prime Minister does either. This country has become a veritable paradise for kidnappers and murderers, and all this good gentleman says every few days is he’s “concerned.” Perhaps this is his solution to the problem, who knows?

And there’s the Commissioner of Police — his solution is to have media conferences every five minutes — that does a whole lot for his personality and little for crime. Remember Mr Chin Lee? Seems he has become a nonentity. His ‘Anaconda’ programme last year was a dismal failure, perhaps he should try a new name like ‘Operation Manicou’ or something — you never know, it may all be in the name! Perhaps the only sensible approach to this crime problem, and there is no guarantee of success — is to bring in experts from somewhere like Scotland Yard or the FBI and let them try their luck. The local police have demonstrated convincingly that they are out of their depth and it’s time to try something else.

JEREMY BOYD
Soogrim Street
Gulf View