RVIPF has resources to fight gun crime but needs strategy- Hon Mather
Opposition Legislator Hon Stacy M. Mather (AL), while responding to questions on the RVIPF, said the RVIPF has received millions to secure the VI but an effective approach is needed for better results.
“We’ve sat in the House of Assembly since I have been elected, and we have allocated money to the RVIPF... We have allocated funds for them to the tune of millions of dollars… I think the RVIPF have resources… but the approach needs to be different,” he said at an Opposition Press Conference on March 19, 2024.
RVIPF has the capacity - Hon Skelton
Opposition Leader Hon Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) said in the past while he was in Government, the VI was plagued with similar issues as it related to gun crimes and drug trafficking.
He added that the RVIPF does not lack the capacity but rather needs to beef up their operations internally, whenever the situation arises.
This beefing up, he added, would be additional capacity and that is the responsibility of the Governor to seek the resources and get the job done.
Narrative being pushed - Hon Turnbull
Meanwhile, Second District Representative Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (AL) said he believes there is a narrative being played out for the VI to be labelled as a corrupt and "bad" place.
He said; however, there needs to be a demand from VI’s leadership about what the VI wants and questions asked about what resource is needed.
“Not that we want to have the BVI be a police state, but we need to curtail some of this violence, we need to contain some of these persons who feel they can go out and kill people in broad daylight, and when night comes you don’t feel safe in your own community,” he said.
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The bbc recently published an article on the history of Irish informants, it was bad, and the bbc makes the UK look good so it had to be way worse.
The next problem is there are informants who due to "pay them good" make it their mission to getting a normal person to do stuff they would have not been involved in at all in the first place.
Remember staying confidential means allowing a dirty lying criminal to continue as normal, & trust they will not lie to their handlers for their own survival. An informant is not to be trusted unless they were clean to start.
We need to hire some game developers because even I can see we have people who want more powers without considering how bad people WILL abuse it.
with.. That is why I will always say a Christian cannot be a good detective a monday to Friday family man cannot be a good detective..So, Informant and good police / detective work is what really needed..
Thanks for the dose of nonsense.
All this smart talk is why we cant find the solution. Look at the law around what is considered "an offensive weapon", anything you pick up for protection is an offensive weapon. There is no protection at all for the average citizen. There is a false sense of security in believing an all knowing police state will fix all the problems and teleport in when robbery & murders are in progress.
The way this place is going young people cant raise kids here because in 20y those kids could end up getting shot or shooting back and still get charged for their own self defense.
If this was a video game it would be trash.
Game developers dont let players abuse other players or they would be out of a job *cough*.
We have so few roads, even fewer main intersections.
In Road Town why was there no drone up in the air to track those Aladin robbers on the getaway? Avoid a shoot out but still be on their trail.
We are in the stone age.
When banks get robbed in the states they drive so reckless only the helicopter stays on them.
We need to be a little more militarized physically and that doesnt mean a bigger gun, put the automatics away officers. Every cop car & boat should have a drone for dangerous pursuit & various purposes.
Was there no officer seeing it go down in road town?
Back to society...
Do we have any outlet for people to aspire to something more expansive & stay out of trouble? Ok Guyana but what is so great about Guyana, it could be great I dont know. UK office OK, Hong Kong Office OK, Taiwan scholarships OK. But why have a partnership without actively showing the average people why BVI landers want to go there.
No country in Africa wants to partner?
Do we have a main export in the works creative arts, quality fish, are we going to be training gambling experts that can work in top casinos abroad due to financial services being attacked & tourism being volatile?
I dont think we have any strategy for society but security is a priority... quality of life changes come after fixing the game.
Thankfully the governor is responsible for our security and the government is responsible for maintaining our quality of life, meaning they can work on both at once.
Free the weed for the average joe & legalize it already because that exposes a huge section of society to criminal connections & it will continue. Rather than them linking up with a farmer or growing it themself the smoking population are funneled to violent people who probably have guns & never grew a plant in their life. Weed is a gateway to bad company, thanks to the law.