The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

I find it interesting as we have been fighting crime as a cancer in our midst the unending serious crime scourge we must have had so many numerous solutions that surely the problem must have been resolved, but it is obvious that once a simple act is done there is peace once again in the valley/over the hill.

Keep the bad boys locked up in Fox Hill.

We should not need any advice or foreign consultants, expensive at that to ensure this occurs, the RBPF have to be congratulated for their performance – under the FNM they spent hundreds of thousands on reports for the reforming the primary structure of the police, sent away numerous senior officers, purchased a fleet of state of the art patrol cars, installed a multi-million dollar bracelet system that the magistrates and judges altered so it fails and the list goes on.

Murderers, armed robbers, rapists are not supposed to be on the bracelet system.

We don’t need curfews if that was the process it would have been done a long time ago, but had the proposer of that thought it through what the US Embassy would say after the Commissioner reads the Proclamation establishing a Curfew?

Headline would read something like… cruise ships abandon Nassau as curfew set up!

Or US Embassy issues a total travel ban advising US citizens not to travel to Nassau because of curfew!

Finally, it seems the numerous letter writers have gotten through to the politicians and they now understand where the problem lies ... the Justice system and the revolving door for persons in and out on bail.

Glad the Prime Minister talks about Bail reform, but do we hear the Attorney General?

Why can’t high levels of bonds or cash security be established say for murder $500,000 – any offence with a gun $350,000 – rape $350,000 – if in law then the discretion it controlled you find those sums or, my friend, Fox Hill awaits you.

Be proud, Bahamians of the Royal Bahamas Police from the top to the lowest rank we have to hold them up for they do a fantastic job twenty-four seven, 365 days in a year.

Prime Minister, if you need a foreign consultant for anything get one to solve the bail issue that’s where the problem is.

Associated proposals must involve a Youth programme for children from four-five years up... Scouts, Girl Guides, Rangers, Boys Brigade should have their place in our schools private and Government and the young people have to be in one .... no exemptions.

Those who are “not academic in the last three-years at school they learn a trade, pass city guild exams and come out with a trade they can trade and survive on... BTVI is too late Mr Prime Minister!

The bad boys and girls fooling the system be warned we will find you and we will deal with you – your home will become Fox Hill if that is your choice.

People who smuggle, rent, loan guns, the law will send you away for years, especially after the second offence.

We better clean our show up – there is zero crime in Cuba against plenty here – where would you go on vacation if you had the choice? No doubt Cuba it is obviously Better in Cuba!

Together we can, but if we hide people in their criminal activity, benefit from crime, be involved in crime even a small group they will and are killing the future for hundreds of thousands of Bahamians now and our children to come.

Fix the bail and justice system, Prime Minister, without further delays.

A JOHNSON

Nassau,

December 19, 2014.