Crime in Jamaica

There has recently been alot of talks reguarding crime in Jamaica. Countless lives has been taken on both sides (The public and private sector). But this is all but a scratch record constantly playing itself out.

So i am going to give you the solution to solving crime in Jamaica:

1) Most crimes are Gang related; the solution is the demoralize the gangs that rule communities, their strengths come from high factions within society, granting them access to weapons, drugs and cash to sponsor their malicious activities.

2) Create a more intelligent police force, in other words eliminate the whole brute force tough cop attitude, that will not solve the problem it will only make enemies . Recruit and filter better service men/women to serve the communities.

3) Improve the communication of police officers, using an Information System, centralize this data and make it accessible to authorized officers.

4) Increase video surveillance at certain crime hot spots. Technology: Hidden Public Cameras. This will assist law enforcement in understanding the crime pattern of their suspects and also identify them.

5) Provide a nationwide security campaign for all small businesses (very expensive operation).

6) Provide better witness protection.

7) Treat each criminal as a person not as a statistic; meaning gather as much personal information as possible, study and analyze that/those persons and their activities.

8) Provide counselling centres for young boys between the ages of 13-24, seeing that most crimes are committed by individuals within these demographics.

9) Provide more security in schools, conduct regular searches and background activity checks. Seeing that school boys are a target for gang recruitment.

10) Provide more employment for the youth, incentives that can create a better standard of living than having to embrace crime as their way out.

11) Create less media hype, as this popularizes their (the criminals) actions and further amplify their activities for fame.

12) Reduce extortion schemes, this helps to fund these criminal factions.

13) Provide a better prison system, and more human rights within that system. In Jamaica its deplorable and its makes a man worst when he comes out of prison than when he goes into prison.

14) Provide harsher penalties.

These are only a few suggestions in tackling crime, but you must understand, crime has deeply embedded itself into the minds of Jamaicans, its in our music, its in our culture. Its going to take more than the steps above to eliminate crime in Jamaica.

The Government needs to plan a better long term strategy that will steer the nation in a new direction, away from poverty and crime.

You can also see my related article on crime by clicking the link below:

These are some serious times

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