Minister of State in the Office of the Attorney General with responsibility for Crime Prevention, Corey Lane, says the present administration remains committed to strengthening its crime prevention measures.During his contribution to the Budget debate in the House of Assembly on Thursday, Lane said that though traditional ways of tackling crime have worked to some extent, his ministry intends to address the situation on the island on a deeper level.“Traditional crime prevention has been seen as things one can do to prevent oneself from becoming a victim of crime. But we are going deeper to seek to prevent one from becoming a criminal in the first place. We as a government have quickly activated our crime prevention strategies and programmes. This minister and his team will continue to roll out a very ambitious programme, that I will continue to say will require a whole of government support and a whole of government approach.He however cautioned: “I would not mislead this country or this Chamber. The reality is that the results that we would all like to see would not come tomorrow morning, nor next week, nor next month, particularly when we are talking about our medium to long-term initiatives. I give this House and the country the assurance that our crime prevention measures and strategies are designed significantly to abort crime, to sharpen the minds of our young people and to present them with a number of opportunities.”
