NSC drafting plan that includes ‘non-traditional’ crime-fighting tactics – Premier
The Premier made the statements during the continuation of the Second Sitting of the First Session of the Fifth House of Assembly, on September 5, 2023.
“Whenever I see incidents of gun violence in our community and Madam Speaker, my thoughts and prayers are with the family of the young man who recently lost his life, as well as all the other families who have lost lives, to gun violence.”
He added that as a member of the National Security Council (NSC), crime remains an urgent and critical concern for him and that the NSC recently made a decision to develop a national plan to address violence in the territory.
“This plan is expected to be a comprehensive one and will include non-traditional methods of addressing crime,” he said.
Plan to be tabled in HoA – Premier
The Premier added, “The drafting of this plan has already commenced, and once it to finished, of course it will be brought to the National Security Council and on to Cabinet. Then it will be laid on the table of the House of Assembly and we will ask all parties involved to put hands and hearts together in this fight against crime in our territory,” he said.
Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Hon Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) also expressed sadness over the recent killings and shared that it is mostly mostly males, who have lost their lives, to gun violence.
He also asked for clarification on what is the nontraditional crimefighting tactics to be employed by the NSC.
According to the Premier, the plan will include strategies to reduce crime and violence with education, youth & job programs,, conflict resolution, and more, which he added will ultimately lead to less crime.
He said this would come in addition to the more direct strategy the police and other law enforcement would use in addressing local crime.
18 Responses to “NSC drafting plan that includes ‘non-traditional’ crime-fighting tactics – Premier ”
Human beings put in a cage for a therapeutic plant... against all scientific evidence & medical logic. We sit back, tolerate and fund that?
Remember people in Singapore sat back this year and watched a man get hanged for the same plant. wow.
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deliberate signatures and agreements of the local elected Government. A method where assistance could be garnered by using the flood gate to hide and to assist in varied ways corruption and wrongdoings. BVIwas literally a crimefree haven. The UK built prison, for the confinementof the newly has long been overcrowded, 99% of the crime and prison occupancy is by immigrants from the previously mentioned places and their spawns.It will be interesting to read Sowande's announced proposal to stem the rot. Unless it entails deportations, visa restrictions then it is all froth. The UK proposals for emergency actions have been rejected and shelved by Sowande et al, so what mamaguy empty bovine crap attempting to pacify the public is a "must listen" for entertainment and confirmation of disgust.
Do you mean people are finally going to tell the police when they know something about a crime.
We could finally solve the crime where the little girl was shot dead along with lots of other hideous crimes that people have information about.
Such a shame with have this tradition in the first place.