THE EDITOR: The TTPS has again demonstrated its collective incompetence by showing “what police can do.”
This time, they decided to rebrand it as "in yuh face" policing, as opposed to that memorable day in March 2015 with the Day of Total Policing.
It appears each time the public gets in an uproar and makes a demand of this dysfunctional organisation, it responds with the only tool in its box: Roadblocks and tickets.
We can then expect a couple days later the usual stats, in itemised detail: number of tickets issued for no insurance, tickets for bad tyres etc.
Such a successful morning of “in yuh face policing” was complemented by floods in the afternoon, washing away all evidence except the bitter taste left in the mouths of citizens who were victims of this type of "policing.”
A grap of murders the weekend before set off discussions around the nation. Alarms went off in all quarters.
Weren’t the authorities aware that such incidents were imminent, and will repeat themselves?
We know they all saw Chris Must List's videos, after all they arrested and charged the gentleman. That a foreigner was able to penetrate hot spots, locate, speak with, and video-record gang members, which the TTPS, for reasons that remain unknown, have been unable to do, is pathetic, to say the least.
Are we to believe none of the members of the TTPS reside in any of these areas? It is fascinating that everyone in the community, even bed-ridden senior citizens, knows where the drug blocks are. Sad that everyone knows except the TTPS. Many times, members of the community also know who controls the respective blocks. Yet the TTPS remains clueless.
Crime, in particular murders, did not just appear on the radar overnight. Warning signs have been there all along. The numbers have been steadily moving in one direction from 1995, with some minor variations.
There is one former CoP who likes to take credit for playing super cop and reducing crime. The numbers under his watch, unfortunately, do not add up. In his self-praise, he consistently failed to mention the pandemic curfew and lockdowns as factors of the drop in crime. Of course this will not further his agenda.
Since it was a particularly bloody weekend that shook the TTPS from its slumber, the question is: how do roadblocks during early-morning, rush-hour traffic clamp down on the murders? What exactly were the TTPS looking for? What criterion do they use to determine which vehicle warrants a closer examination?
After all, in most murder cases, we read that: “Police currently have no motive for the killing(s).” No motive lends itself to suggest no suspect(s).
How do roadblocks identify murderers when the TTPS don’t even have a motive for the murder or murders? Is there a history of murder suspects being caught in rush hour traffic? Why no roadblocks between 11 pm and 5 am...what I call bandit hours?
It is widely suspected that criminals have friends in the TTPS, since they seem to know the modus operandi of the TTPS – officers' hours, shift changes etc.
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