Country on the brink of chaos

The lack of compassion and discourtesy experienced by citizens when visiting most government offices is alarming. Staff members are rude and unhelpful and if you ask to see the manager it gets worse. To them customer service is a foreign language.

It is alleged the protective services have no audit of arms and ammunition so they have no way of knowing whether the guns are all accounted for or are in the hands of criminals.

It is obvious the police often use their sirens to escape/bypass traffic jams, when they should only be used in pursuit of criminals or heading to a crime scene.

The Environmental Management Authority is very dysfunctional as there is evidence of garbage everywhere in the city and suburbs. Disposal arrangements and anti-littering signs with fines are absent.

The evidence of human beings sleeping on the city sidewalks is pitiful and embarrassing.

The defence force is idle most of the time, preparing for an unlikely invasion. Why not have them patrol the crime areas each day (not sometimes) with the police? Make them contribute and assist with law and order.

The presence of a large fortified prison in the centre of the city is an embarrassment. Why hasn’t any government seen it necessary to relocate it and provide proper modern facilities for housing and rehabilitating inmates? The inmates can also provide valuable assistance in planting food crops etc on State lands to reduce our financially draining food import bill.

Lawlessness and serious crime have reached crisis proportions yet the protective services tell us crime is down and we say nothing.

Union demands are unreasonable in the current economic climate, so why is the Government accommodating them? Intelligent people will admit when they realise a problem is too big and they need help. The Government must admit the crime situation is too big and ask the US and the UK to send help quickly before all hell breaks loose and it is unable to stop the mayhem.

We are in a crisis situation with crime; the time to act is now.

Gordon Laughlin Westmoorings