Police Commissioner Atlee Rodney has raised concerns about rising crime rates in the country.
In an interview, Rodney acknowledged a spike in incidents earlier in the year but noted that police operations had temporarily reduced the trend by removing several firearms from the streets.
However, he admitted that recent cases have prompted renewed vigilance and drastic measures.
Rodney highlighted the ongoing challenge of illegal firearms entering the country through both illegal and traditional ports.
Despite successes in confiscating about 40 firearms this year, he stressed the importance of public cooperation in preventing illegal weapons from reaching the streets.
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After 18-24 months of public outcry, the Police Commissioner Attlee Rodney is now showing concerns about the rise in crimes here in Antigua?!?!
Where has he been all this time? Hiding under a breadfruit tree?
All those in charge of running the country, aren’t fit for purpose/office.
He is the worst commissioner ever. One thing I know, Wendell wouldn’t have crime so high
You will start to get the coorporation of residents when:
Your officers understand professionalism and ethical standards
By keeping informant details confidentail.
My two cents.
Athlee the public does not trust or have any faith in your police service, some of the members on your team are dishonest and have no integrity. WE DONT TRUST YOU!!
“the ongoing challenge of illegal firearms entering the country through both illegal and traditional ports?” if you are so aware what are you implementing to stop this?
Sir where were you all this time?
You are actually turning to the people that are being terrorized and traumatized by these bandits for cooperation? Let me suggest one way that the people might cooperate. Give gun permits to all in the population that wants to own a gun. Keep strict rules in ownership, have people in a database just like having a drivers license.
The next way is through legislation. Bring back hanging and increase the penalties for these gun crimes and other weapons used to carry out these crimes. The legislators might never see it this way until they or their families are the victims.
So, Mr. Commissioner, first get the cooperation of the government officials and legislators then even have an opinion poll about these things be polled and then you will have the full cooperation of the people.
Thank you for making a statement and for your efforts thus far.
@ Thank you, are you a relative of the Police Commissioner? 😁
Seems so to me …
@Brix No, I’m not. Actually, I”ve been incredibly stressed out over the high levels of gun use (armed robberies etc.) in Antigua in recent times. I’ve also been incredibly stressed out over the increasing numbers of young men who have been walking around dressed like wannabe thugs (Who needs to wear a winter tam and dark clothes in a hot country like Antigua?). Even in previously respectable neighbourhoods these young men are showing up or revealing themselves as close neighbours, and crimes are up at community shops. Apart from feelings of lack of safety, I worry about trying to raise children in an environment where they look outside and see thugs on a regular basis. I don’t want my kids following their bad examples. So, kids are stuck indoors. You’re lucky you live in a large country where you can just move to a different town if you need to. Unfortunately living in a little island, it’s not that easy to escape a bad environment. The decent neighborhoods are now owned by rich foreigners and unaffordable for average law abiding citizens. Moving to another country requires money, job offer, visa etc. and the people in the new country might not be welcoming of “immigrants” even if you’re just a normal person trying to make a living and take care of your family.
As someone who is stuck here for now, I do in fact appreciate it every time the police take another gun off the streets, and the gun crime rate does seem to have gone down a little recently. I hope that they can find a way to keep it down. The police put their lives at risk to keep the country as safe as possible. They are not always visible. Perhaps they are trying to avoid violent confrontstions. Often they work behind the scenes quietly to catch these persons. They have done a few things so thank you to them.
By “decent” neighbourhoods, I mean those that feel a bit safer because they are less crowded, yards are fenced so strangers can’t just drop by whenever, houses are built more securely. Those neighbourhoods are becoming unaffordable to anyone who didn’t get into them a decade ago, or who isn’t rich… The average person making an average salary should be able to live in a secure manner.
This useless guy needs to be replaced.
I guess the commissioner has finally awoken. Sir, the crime has been rising for a very long time – it is high. It is goods news that someone has tapped you on the shoulder and awaken you. I hope we can keep you awake and you can also awake your officers.
I will not hold you fully accountable because I have always said that the issue of crimes has to be address from a holistic method with all the necessary stakeholders.
But the.police also needs to do more. Do you have a list or count of all the open cases with the police? What is the aging on these cases, how many are over 10yrs, 5yrs, 1yr, etc? What is ratio of cases reported and cases solve? Are you aware that some persons don’t even bother to report cases because there is no confidence in getting resolution?
Also it is obvious that the police dont have a centralized database where cases are stored. When a report is made and you call to get an update, you have to call back when the particular officer is on duty, and sometimes you can’t even reach that officer. In centralized reporting, any authorized officer could give you a case update. It seems the process is just designed to frustrate you and so that you can forget the report.
This fool should be fired posthaste.
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‘…Hiding under breadfruit tree?’ What the hell is this? Why not the ‘..TRUNK?’
Everyone to his ‘…Own Order.’ So dig nutten’ (Vernacular).
What might be professionally said, is that, it has never been the number of guns removed from the streets.
WHY?
Can state without contradictions, ‘…Guns do not commit crime.’
NEEDED
(a) ‘…Emerge from ‘…REACTIVE MODE;
(b) …Move to ‘…PROACTIVE POLICING;
(c) …Devise, develop, and implement ‘…EFFECTIVE CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES;
(d) …Regular review for ‘…EFFECTIVENESS;
(e) …Review professional competence and efficiency of personnel; and
(f) …REMOVE SQUARE PEGS FROM ROUND HOLES.’
STRATEGISE AS PM BROWNE: AMONG THE GREATEST NATIONAL STRATEGISTS
Whether or not organizational;
(a) ‘…Treason:
(b) …Treachery;
(c) …Trickery,’
With the aid of:
(i) ‘…E.P. Chet G; and
(ii) …Sir Molwyn J,’ collectively, they had the influence in ‘…Wooing any desperate and disloyal man from any apparent fractured grouping.
IN POLICING
This can also be done, departmentally.
WHAT MIGHT BE DO:
Remove the ‘…FIGUREHEAD OBSTACLES’ from some departments.’
That was a way of helping to ‘…REMOVE CRIMINALS FROM THE STREET.’
In the process, some ‘…GUNS AND ROBBING-GUNMEN,’ will also be removed.
Even though ‘…LOW-RANKING, ‘…SELECT’ and properly place and deploy the more ‘…COMPETENT OFFICERS’ to fight crime and criminals.
INCENTIVIZED HEAVILY, THOUGH.
Clown words for clowns circus minded people’s….
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Be ‘Advised,’ that ‘…Rawlston Pompey’ is ‘NOT’ Brixtonian and ‘…BRIXTONIAN’ is not ‘…RAWLSTON POMPEY.’
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SHUT UP POMPEY NO ONE CARES 🤪
the recent spate of robberies in Swetes is very alarming, we need more patrols in our villages
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