07-11-2017, 04:18 AM
The 2nd story is more interesting than the first because it highlights what a joke the police force can be.
Exposing the problems is good but in my negativism, the "this is broken" will only be met with "why should I fix it?" from authorities up the ladder. Once employeed or elected, there seems to be no incentive for making things better.
The 201 comments were what I expected but I will quote one from 19 hours ago mainly because it is burried many page clicks down:
If you leave the country immediately after the crime it is hard to prosecute. That goes for all countries. If these people were where they said they were then they are most likely Jamaican. A visitor ticket is not usually rebookable. So it would have cost quite a bit to leave the next day. Why not stay and buy a bit of clothing and go to the police and be able to give them all they need for an investigation. You out of the country and the family down the road, each with a case, which do you think will get priority? And folks, I promise you this goes for all countries. Go to USA, get robbed, go home next day and see if it ever reaches the court. Most robbery without violence never go to court unless it of extremely great value. I was robbed in one of these countries Jamaican beleive to be some much better than their own. Nothing was done...I did not know who did it. Month later I was called in; A man had been arrested for another crime and he had something belonging to me in his wallet. Even then the police did nothing. They knew I would have already been compensated by my home insurance. What was there to be gained? A lot of cost to the tax payer? These people will quite likely be compensated by home or travel insurance. Even if someone was caught and put in prison, it might help other potential victims in Jamaica but how do they benefit? They should move on with their lives.
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"gutsy", JonTom?
Exposing the problems is good but in my negativism, the "this is broken" will only be met with "why should I fix it?" from authorities up the ladder. Once employeed or elected, there seems to be no incentive for making things better.
The 201 comments were what I expected but I will quote one from 19 hours ago mainly because it is burried many page clicks down:
If you leave the country immediately after the crime it is hard to prosecute. That goes for all countries. If these people were where they said they were then they are most likely Jamaican. A visitor ticket is not usually rebookable. So it would have cost quite a bit to leave the next day. Why not stay and buy a bit of clothing and go to the police and be able to give them all they need for an investigation. You out of the country and the family down the road, each with a case, which do you think will get priority? And folks, I promise you this goes for all countries. Go to USA, get robbed, go home next day and see if it ever reaches the court. Most robbery without violence never go to court unless it of extremely great value. I was robbed in one of these countries Jamaican beleive to be some much better than their own. Nothing was done...I did not know who did it. Month later I was called in; A man had been arrested for another crime and he had something belonging to me in his wallet. Even then the police did nothing. They knew I would have already been compensated by my home insurance. What was there to be gained? A lot of cost to the tax payer? These people will quite likely be compensated by home or travel insurance. Even if someone was caught and put in prison, it might help other potential victims in Jamaica but how do they benefit? They should move on with their lives.
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"gutsy", JonTom?