Wake up and smell the crime

THE EDITOR: I am really at a loss to know why owners of gas stations and other business places continue to keep large amounts of money on their premises. I have read of $100,000, $50,000, $20,000 being taken by thieves in the last week. Why is not the cash deposited at the bank for safekeeping? There is a saying that “common sense” is not so “common” so I should like to suggest to business people that a minimum of cash be kept in drawers, vaults or safety boxes; that maybe the idea of having trained ferocious dogs installed on your premises day and night might deter the criminal element out there and that investments be made into the installation of burglar alarm systems which hook up to the area police station. Come on, people, time for us all to wake up and smell the crime.

B SANDY
Maraval