Deployment of Manpower and Training must be the focus in tackling the current problem. The Police can only Shift and Suppress Crime. 2700 Officers throughout the Bahamas are poorly deployed.. Nassau is 21 by 7.. As a police Officer I can tell you there are Officers Sitting On there Ass in Special Jobs collecting a Check for Nothing. Send them to the Street, People are dying and being Robbed. I don't want to see no RBPF Band or anything these people need to be in the streets.. I would deployed 90% of all manpower to the Streets on various shifts until crime is reduced by 80%... I would hold all of these Commanders personally accountable and discipline them if Crime is not reduced in there district...Reduce Crime of be fired....You do not need foreign Officers, You need accountability...

As a Bahamian living abroad this article is interesting. I work in Law Enforcement and have been a Police Officer in the State of New Jersey for the last 11 years. I am currently working in the Camden New Jersey area one of the worse Crime ridden Cities in the U.S. Growing up poor my way out of bad neigborhoods was through sports and education which allowed me to travel abroad. My folks still live in the ghetto so i am definitely not from money. There are some deep, neglected, social issues that are coming to bit us as bahamians in the ass. One of them is the neglect for the poor. Poverty is the main factor and all other negative consequences are the side effects including crime, ignorance, poor health care, self esteem and a disregard for morals, etc. In this world of Capitalism, man's survival depends on resources. First with all of the money that passes through the Bahamas the Government has failed to make major investments in reducing poverty and all of its negative side effects. Lets start with the schools, We can identify Children that are going through hardships immediately. This is where immediate counseling services, education, job training should be provided to families to ensure these kids are properly cared for . It is cheaper to invest money at this level rather than paying for incarceration later. Family counseling which include planned parenting, Religious counseling, psychological therapy if necessary. This will help as a basic long term solution to start. A lot of people will frawn on this but if you don't address these issues early u will have more criminals robbing and killing u. If People did not intervene in my situation I would probably be a criminal, instead I have a productive life and am college educated. I was lucky because Responsible people in the Community intervened.. Invested time, energy and there own resources to redirect negative factors. Politicians are to busy lining there pockets and taking care of there Cronnies and family members... Many will sell out the Best interest of the Country to Foreigners for there own financial advancement. No Patriotism..

The immediate Crime Problem. Lets start with the Police. I can remember as a young kid about 11 up about 10:00 p.m sitting on the block when a Van full of Police Officers pulled up next to us Slapped us all and told us to run. Poor kids being slapped hard by grown men, as apposed to escorted home to our parents by caring Officers... There are many good and kind police officers but generally speaking, this mentality that exist in the ranks. The Police force behaves like a Occupying Army rather than a Protector and Servant of the People. You must insituted immediate discipline for this type of Behavior, including criminal charges. Police Officers should be held to a higher moral standard and earn the public's trust.