Breaking down the crime figures reveals 1019 break-ins, 1017 larcenies, 70 woundings, 383 cases of malicious damage, 19 instances of unlawful sexual intercourse, 22 shooting incidents, and 113 reported robberies.
These serious offenses are causing widespread concern among the population, heightening the need for government intervention to restore safety and security.
Antigua and Barbuda’s government grapples with an alarming surge in crime, recording 3080 cases this year alone.
With a daily average of seven to eight incidents, authorities are overwhelmed by the sheer volume.
Superintendent Lisborn Michael of the Criminal Investigation Department acknowledges the crisis and is attempting to address it with support from various government agencies.
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The constituency representatives need to implement a neighourhood watch group in each village in their constituency.
Within these groups persons should be trained to be under cover private investigators who should update a database of persons who hangs at the hot spots.
The police should also make their presence be felt by patrolling the villages in their vehicles.
Now this makes a lot of sense but many great ideas go abegging because it doesn’t come from certain people but it should never matter who or where the ideas come from if it’s good implement it
Again, you need experts with exceptional ability and the advance degrees to be of the solution. You can not have officers who with no real advance training in behavior, society and policing being the main strategist in crime reduction and prevention.
Come on, there are actually experts. I pretty sure quite a few exist in Antigua. Let them use their skills, knowledge and innovations.
If you tell anyone in Antigua they are clearly wrong, when they are, prepare to have a miserable life if they can help it. Prepare to wait at headquarters like an idiot because folks do not comprehend the legal difference/word of art between a temporary fire-arms permit and fire-arms license.
Which each must not be used for the other based on the fact the temporary permit the commissioner can waive all conditions, except for the fee, and grant you the temporary permit in situations he feels comfortable doing, usually in emergent situations. And as long as he wants, as in renewing of the temporary permit
While the firearms license is not temporary, and more indefinite and is granted by the board.
So on a temporary permit you cannot say, temporary permit is granted, you are now able to use and carry a firearm because your temporary permit is granted.
Then at the bottom you say, fire-arms license requires training before fire-arms license is granted.
But then the officer thinks erroneously that the condition of getting the firearms training also applies to the temporary permit.
Legally it would not apply because the words fire-arms license requires the training only by law, based on how the approval letter was written could only legally applies to the board’s granting of a fire-arms license. As according to the law as written firearms temporary permits and firearms license are separate and apart, they are different things that has different requirements, and granted by different entities. One is granted by COP on a temporary basis with the legal rights to waive requirements as justifies by the circumstances, while the other which is not temporary is granted by the board and must meet certain circumstances.
So, you guys need to re-draft your temporary fire-arms permit and exclude the words fire-arms license, as anything after and pertaining to the words fire-arms LICENSE is not pertaining to fire-arms temporary permit because the law says so.
It is called word of art. The Law dictates the meaning of the words or phrase. It is no longer the regular meaning. It is like the element of malice in defamation cases.
I got into a debate with 2 officers at headquarters trying to teach them the law, the Antigua fire-arms law that I sit and memorized and research all day while in Antigua and they knew nothing of the law but works in the fire-arms application department and the armery.
How could you be in these departments and not trained in the relevant law that governments that specific police department? That is not the worse, the worse is educating them on the law and they refuse to learn and accept their fault. So they are not teachable.
Again, the manner in which the temporary fire-arms permit approval letter is written is misleading, and it is going to get an innocent approved applicant in trouble with the police but will be clear in a court of law because the court will see the approval for the temporary permit was written erroneously. You guys are going to get an innocent man or woman in trouble. Please let an attorney write the approval letter. Please.
I must also say the crime rate and statistics mentioned in this article about Antigua is horrible. I cannot believe folks thinks it is appropriate to tell people they must start a business before they can be granted a fire-arms license (different from the temporary fire-arms permit).
I will not begin any business in Antigua until I have full license. Just like I care about protecting officers with equipments, they should care about my safety too.
Do not invest in any business in Antigua until you have your adequate assurance, a fire-arm legally. Also, make sure the permit or license are written legally correct.
The crime rate is horrible and I promise you it is not just force that is needed. Force is actually not really that important if more focus is on innovative opportunity reduction tactics. Please listen. Please learn.
Its 23 shootings an acting sergeant of police attempted to murder two persons earlier in the month
Other countries in the Caribbean have more murders, but most of those are drugs and gang related, they know who they are going after. However, I’m more fearful living here in Antigua because break ins are random which means that anyone can be a target, and sexual assaults on women are on the high. It’s pretty scary here.
Very good point indeed, Sir Cutie Benjamin should read this article.
Now this makes a lot of sense but many great ideas go abegging because it doesn’t come from certain people. but it should never matter who or where the ideas come from if it’s good implement it
In order to bring this crime rate down you need to have a knowledge commissioner who does not travel like he’s a pilot. The former commissioner had the crime rate down and since the new commissioner is at the helm. There is no crime fighting tragedy. The police ranks are left to do as they please and the people of this country have no faith in police like they did.
Everybody know who is who in this glorious island. Just pay more attention to this burning gasoline punks and simple,you can find out what’s their do.
The order of the factor can’t alter the product.
And they gave a knighthood to the whale in charge of this part of our government. In opposition he had all the answers now he’s mute.
In no other country would this man still be in office. Only in Antigua.
So long as poverty and joblessness continues, the crime rate will increase. Not everyone will resort to crime to survive, but the impulse to survive can be strong.
Totally unacceptable crime figures for a country with only 94-odd thousand inhabitants.
Whatever our political persuasions, we must all come together as one and demand action from the police authorities and members of Parliament.
It seems that the criminal fraternity now know that there’s a weakness and a lack of enforcement here in Antigua – if this is so, then they will only become more Brazen and emboldened.
We, the tax-paying citizens are crying out for action before the growth of vigilantes takes place – and it will – if this growing CANCEROUS criminal activities isn’t addressed by those paid and voted to protect us.
We urgently need more police presence in our villages and towns. NO MORE SILENCE!
Areas that are known to be nefarious trouble spots, need to be targeted. NO MORE SILENCE!
Stronger sentencing for those convicted of serious crimes and homicides. NO MORE SILENCE!
Our women need to be reassured by the relevant authorities that they are taking rape and home invasions a lot more seriously. NO MORE SILENCE!
And if all the above cannot be addressed (for whatever reason), then the government have to take a leaf out of Sweden’s 🇸🇪 current CRIMINAL playbook, and place the army on standby (if ours can be deployed against innocent women and children on Teargas Sunday, then surely they can deployed against low-life – scum of the earth -criminals).
FROM A CONCERNED PATRIOT 🇦🇬
NO MORE SILENCE …
The commissioner of police is busy washing his hair.
Atlee is busy washing his hair.
Those folks who cares only for their political party will come on here saying it is worse in other Caribbean countries.
To me that is like a rapist saying, “I am not bad at all, I just rape you but I always leave you alive unlike the murderers”.
When you see these statements, beware of persons like that. Run and hide from all of them.
I will once more say, I have scientific, social and behavioral tactics that the police and other members of society can use to drastically reduce vicious crimes immediately and in the long term.
Again, please get guidance from those folks who spent years studying and understanding crimes, law, victims, society and behavior. Resolving these problems starts with this.
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