10-19-2015, 10:03 AM
Can't really report a "positive" experience with the uniformed tourist police... I guess they may have been helping me/other tourists in a not-so-obvious way when harassing a beach hustler.
I couldn't really tell what he (the hustler) was doing that bothered them, but they made him move on pretty rapidly.
----on a slightly related note ----
often in these discussions we mention the crime/murder rate and the "crime happens everywhere" idea. Usually, statistically, one can note that crime rate per capita for JA, in particular murder/capita, is higher than most places.
Saw an article yesterday that a Chicago neighborhood (NW side??) this year has a higher murder/capita than many of the most "dangerous" countries... including Honduras and Guatemala.
I couldn't really tell what he (the hustler) was doing that bothered them, but they made him move on pretty rapidly.
----on a slightly related note ----
often in these discussions we mention the crime/murder rate and the "crime happens everywhere" idea. Usually, statistically, one can note that crime rate per capita for JA, in particular murder/capita, is higher than most places.
Saw an article yesterday that a Chicago neighborhood (NW side??) this year has a higher murder/capita than many of the most "dangerous" countries... including Honduras and Guatemala.