09th
Feburary 2010
Quality
… better than Quantity?
Crime,
crime, crime. The subject has taken predominance
over everything else in our St. Lucian
society.
The majority, who now live almost in a
state of perpetual fear, are desperately
waiting to hear of some kind of strategy
on the part of the authorities to help
ease the tense conditions that constitute
existence in the country.
The authorities are holding all kinds
of press conferences, in an endeavour
to reassure the population that they are
getting things under control, but –
as can be seen in our story on page two
of this issue – matters just seem
to be going from bad to worse.
There are calls being made to recruit
more police officers in order to put a
greater number of them out on our streets,
but … is that really the solution?
Perhaps not, if the greater number consists
of more of the same: new young people
of mediocre calibre who are willing to
join the Force simply because they cannot
do any better.
The main educational criterion, we understand,
to become a member of the Force, is to
have passed five subjects at the CXC level.
Is it not time to raise the bar and employ
young people who are a bit more qualified,
say those who have undergone some level
of tertiary education? In other words,
“A” level instead of “O”
level students?
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