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13th
Feburary 2010
SECURITY
BEEF UP
M. G. GEORGE
A
grateful P.M. shakes the hand of the Taiwanese
Ambassador
Five
brand new twin cabs were handed over to the
Royal Saint Lucia Police Force Thursday to enhance
that institution’s ability to fight crime,
as Saint Lucians now turn with ever increasing
concern to the government to do something about
the rising fear of crime sweeping the country.
The improvement to the police fleet of vehicles
comes at the same time a call for hospital security
personnel to be armed because perpetrators of
crime, emboldened by their current criminal
activities, have started infiltrating hospitals,
Victoria Hospital in particular, to finish off
what they started on persons resting there who
they have had fights with.
The president of the nurses association was
the one calling for security guards at Victoria
Hospital to be armed, following reports of persons
entering the medical compound to perpetrate
their criminal activities.
Reports of criminals scaling the hospital fence,
of having confrontations with security guards,
and wanting to confront persons they have had
their troubles with who were recuperating at
the hospital, have been plentiful over the years.
With the Special Service Unit and the Criminal
Investigation Department already stretched to
their limits having to answer to the number
of criminal activities needing their attention,
affording proper protection to criminals holed
up at Victoria Hospital recuperating from wounds
received at the hands of their counterparts,
is becoming a concern to staff who at times
find themselves in fear of what could emanate
at the hospital should the criminals have their
way.
It is hoped that the five heavy duty vehicles
given to the police, compliments the government
and the Taiwanese Embassy, would go a long way
in police responding quickly when called to
reports of criminal activities in the various
districts.
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Police Commissioner Ausbert
Regis Thursday at the handing over ceremony
noted the vehicles will significantly enhance
the Force’s mobility, a mobility that
has been severely affected as a result of
the decommissioning of some of the vehicles
in the police fleet. The Police Force last
received new vehicles in 2006.
Taiwanese Ambassador, H.E. Tom Chou who was
present at the handing over noted the increasing
crime rate in the country, offering his support
to the police.
“We notice that the crime rate has increased
in this country since last year. The rising
crime rate not only affects the life of the
ordinary citizen, but also creates a negative
impact on the tourism industry,” Chou
said.
Will the new additions to the police fleet
of vehicles mean quicker response by police
to calls by members of the public needing
police assistance?
Meanwhile a Saint Lucian who spent some time
in England and is now residing here was at
one point this week fighting for his life
in hospital, following a weekend of torture
at the hands of thugs who entered the home
he shares with his wife, asking for money.
Reports are that the couple was tied up inside
their home by the thugs who stayed there with
them throughout the weekend, releasing the
wife on Monday morning so she could go to
the bank to withdraw thousands of dollars
for them, the amount we understand to be about
$17,000.
Some of the thugs stayed with the husband
threatening to kill him should the wife, on
her way to the bank, alert anyone of the situation.
The other thugs accompanied her to the bank.
The husband was beaten by the thugs during
the couple’s weekend ordeal resulting
in his hospitalization.
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