More residents willing to give information to the police
Commissioner Mark Collins has admitted that more residents are willing to engage the police and share information to help solve crime.
The Commissioner said the level of willingness is higher than what he encountered when he just arrived in the BVI about two years ago.
“Certainly, over the last couple of years, I’ve seen more willingness from the community to start engaging with us and discuss some issues with us. I think some of that comes down to the good work of the community policing teams getting out there, speaking to the community, building up those relationships and rapport. What we get from that is a willingness from people to discuss some of those issues,” Collins said at a press conference on Thursday, July 20.
While applauding residents, the Commissioner said he knows there are people who have information on the four murders that have happened this year. He pleaded for those individuals to give confidential information to the police.
“I have no doubt that there are people in the community that know who’ve committed these murders, they know where the guns are, where the getaway vehicles are. They know who’s responsible. My plea today is to come forward and speak to us about it,” Commissioner Collins stated.
The community has been concerned about a recent uptick in violent crimes across the territory, as they continue to call on leaders to implement tougher measures to stem crimes in the territory.
The Governor and police continue to maintain that law enforcers are doing their best but need the assistance of the residents to solve major crimes. Residents have always been reluctant to share information with the police. Many fear reprisals from offenders and others fear their identities will be leaked by local law enforcers who collect their information.
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For sure, people here know who’s doing what to whom, but the code of silence stands in the way, making those who participate in it complicit. The xenophobic tendencies here make it very difficult for expats on the police force to get close enough to the community to get tips. That said, it sounds like people are reaching the tipping point and are willing to help instead of staying quiet. This is the only way forward to get past the rampant criminality.
THEM DOES ACT ON TOO STUPID SOMETIMES ESPECIALLY DAH CALWOOD AND HIS CREW/GANG
Well, come on, let’s try and work on some unsolved murders, there are way too many open cases here.
They say a white man and a Syrian and a black man have a wish a piece,
1. White man wish for security (land,real estate)
2. Syrian wish for black people address and imitated goods(bad products)
3. Black man wish for plenty money.
As you can analyze with black people we have plenty money, just that when we get pay every friday we run carry back the money to the master, in name brand cloth and shoes and cars, beers, girls and legal matter like incarceration.
That is to say the white people are no angel drop from heaven, they are twice a criminal than any black criminal around here, because we were raised in church and those whites don’t even know the god they colonized our mind to worship. But they use the drug money and buy your lands and small cays like scrub island, while the black man buy up lots a consumables like car and cloth that create envy between others that cause shoot up and jail etc. And the cloth come from the syrians that ain’t no good.drugs is destructive , and I want them to stop glamourize it with dollars value and state the destructive value it brings, what amount of families certain amount can destroy like preventing a father from been there for his child and mothers turn to prostitute to get constant drugs, that’s a chain of generational destruction.
When law enforcement and policing expands to include the WHITE population then maybe Back people reponse to law officers would change.
But having a an institution that policies only the Black segment while the white segment goes unpoliced is discrimnatory, unlawful and unethical… Indeed, this method of policing should be brought to the attention of the world court along with a law suit.
How is it that one group can exist outside of the law never coming incontact with it for decades while another lives constantly inside of it.
Uza fkng moomoo boi!
Well dont go to Supa cop n his crew them, there r other police officers
I would talk but i like living more
@Greatnews …….Zenophobia has nothing to do with this non reporting of criminal suspects. Not a dam thing. This country has truth and trust issues and will be that way for a long time.All of sudden Truth is having a difficult time in our “new” cultural ways and behaviour. If its happening to you it alright.