We don’t need helicopters to fight crime

This is another waste of public money. Trinidad is 60 miles by 40 miles with a large sparsely populated area. Gangsters, crooks and serious criminals inhabit the wellknown areas. What we need are dedicated and honest policemen with good management and leadership to hunt down and catch the criminals.

We need more honest and conscientious policemen, not helicopters.

What have we gained by using helicopters? Nothing. We still have the same crime scenario as we had decades ago. Nothing has really changed where crime is concerned.

At the end of this year we could expect another high number, around 500, of our citizens slaughtered, and yet we have responsible citizens in positions of authority who keep playing the same old tune that crime has fallen.

Politicians here are taken for a ride by our so-called security experts who give the politicians the wrong advice.

In my opinion this careless and wasteful spending is associated with kickbacks which is part and parcel of the local art of corruption and personal greed. This is has resulted from the easy access to money from our natural resources. Now that things are beginning to unravel, luxuries such as helicopters will of course have to be mothballed.

GA MARQUES via email