Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has announced the development of ‘crucial model legislation’ for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to facilitate arrests across the region.
Rowley spoke at Friday’s second CARICOM Crime and Violence Symposium opening.
The Trinidad and Tobago leader had chaired the inaugural symposium on 17 and 18 April 2023 in his country.
He told Friday’s second such event that the region had made important strides to move commitments from mere promises to an element of reality.
Among the strides he mentioned was progress regarding facilitating the completion of the template legislation for the CARICOM arrest warrant bill.
“Our little criminal punks must now know that in every CARICOM territory, the law applies to them equally… as soon as we implement the laws with respect to warrants for their restraint- apprehension in anticipation of successful prosecution, that there are no safe harbours in any of our CARICOM territories,” Rowley told the two-day event in Guyana.
He said the measure had long been coming and congratulated the legal team.
“We would want to implement that as quickly as possible,” Rowley said.
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Look at these guys talking about the laws because its the only thing they know how to fix. The laws will not do the job for the police force. The laws are for after the crime has been committed.
Well said @Oh Really. Thats all these lazy leaders across the region know how to do. Infact thats all they willing to do. “Change laws and legislation” but refuse to be proactive and get down and dirty in the mud and shit and decide to clean up the mess. Failures these men are, PJP, Rowley,Skerrit. Whats the point of more laws and there is little to no convictions. Rather just higher homicide rates.
Comfort for GOD’S people (promises),except the mouth of the mockers remain silent !!!!
And the glory of the LORD will revealed,and all the people(mankind) will see it..
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken ”..
A voice says, “Cry out ”..
And I said “What shall I cry ?”..
All men are like grass, for those who do not acknowledge the living God, living without the word of God (Jesus..
Their glory is like the flowers of the field, the grass withers and the flowers fall because the breath of God (blows of them..
Before him all nations are nothing ;they are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing !!!!
Crime, violence,death which followed by numbers..
Which death is a seperation from God or enemy 🐍
The first obvious question one has to ask, how many of those ministers are trained security professionals? Do I need to answer my own question? This meeting should have been at a second to third tier level where security professionals conferred on the issues and arrived at solutions. Any troubling issues at those meetings are done through conference calls back home, at set aside periods. Finally, upon return home, the event is briefed to the chief. Follow-up meeting among the chiefs (security ministers) is then arranged.
Those people haven’t learned a thing during the last twenty years. Expect the same next year. The signature style when things are falling apart (a) call a local symposium of the “stakeholders” (b) every two months, warn the criminals the end is nigh (c) supply more equipment (d) attend a critical regional meeting.
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@Truth, exactly, the law is an easy target for their failures but personally I do not think the law is the main problem here. The law does not have a face so its easy to blame. The actual problem is the police force and the politicians making excuses for it and its not only the current government.
We have two ministers responsible for national security and cannot come up with a single thing to improve the situation. The prime minister likes to use the US and UK as an excuse for our problems but that is all smoke and mirrors because the statistics show that regardless of a few flare ups here and there they have things under control. We need to learn from those who have success, there is lots of research available freely.
What happened to the security cameras, why can’t we have rapid response units with real-time communications and more community policing. Security cameras can be placed in strategic places we don’t need them everywhere. You can make certain places more secure by putting them up and driving crime to other areas where it can be better managed.
Please stop spending money on things that do not work, stop wasting money on advisors and consultants who do not have the answers.
What I want to know is whether your criminals ever go to prison in St. Lucia, where you put them, and for how long to keep your citizens and tourists safe. From what I read in this publication, it seems like your elites do a lot of talking, attending conferences, and traveling abroad all while crime is rampant at home in St. Lucia.