EDITOR, The Tribune.

WE recently had some stats from the police which seemed pretty good, but to complement those numbers, it would be good if somebody from now on, going forward, kindly do the following, and I now ask, for the last six months:

How many arrests did we have?

How many people were charged?

How many were convicted?

How many were jailed?

How many plea bargains?

How many of those jailed were redivide?

How many of the prison population are on the day release work programme?

When the records are expunged and they break their agreement, I hope they are appropriately penalised. I will flush out any MP or whoever makes the magical call that used to be made, Saying, he didn’t do that, he would never do that, let him go.

Children visits yes I agree.

Privilege to attend relative’s funeral, no, that is a vital part of the punishment. We have to be serious if we are going to do break the cycle of criminality.

I had need on Wednesday to call the Criminal Records Office, 919 gave me one no, endless ringing no answer, called 919 again, I was given two new number, endless ringing no answer, from one no, the other no, somebody answered, he said wrong department, he gave me another no. endless ringing, called 919 again, she gave me two numbers, endless ringing. Minimum of 30 minutes effort wasted.

Would somebody who ever is in charge of communications please get the phones fixed, please that is an indictment on the Police Department.

Whoever is in charge of the fire department, that person needs to be removed from the jurisdiction of the Commissioner Of Police and needs to be a Commissioner in his or her own right, in charge of the Police Department with their own budget. Please let this be dealt with as a matter of urgency.

THE CRITICAL

Nassau,

August 29, 2025.