Teen Cops

13/1/11

Crime in Jamaica has always been a BIG problem. From as early as 1975 Dons & Drugs for Gun/ Cash has been dominating this Island destroying commerce & international relationships, but with questionable ownerships & deals.

Police don’t work- too corrupt

Essentially the Legal system needs a Crutch if the law enforcers are using it against themselves & the citizens.

Politicians make Dum decisions, costing taxpayers Billions of dollars, but yet still as soon as another Politician Raises his hand for a change with promises the entire Voting Community falls at his feet.

But to me no doubt in my mind is Economy Is a failing economy/ state [Operating Deficit] Imports are 2x greater than exports. We buy things we don’t need & charge an arm & a leg for it due to Trade agreements.

Seeing that CRIME seems to be the “Root of All Evil” in this neck of the woods, numerous attempts have been made recently. One major move was to Increase the Armed Forces with more Officers of the state, saturating every street corner & Major road in the Metropolis.

But there is just one issue bothering me about this…….

These new Recruits in the Armed forces (Police & Army) are Very young…. Some seem to have graduated from High School that same year and is already on Assignment on Frontline Duty. Another dagger in the wound is that, if you should check the Academia of most of these secondary school high school students, Most have not done very well at all. But due the time & financial constraints, doing a simple test, endure at least 48hrs of Rigorous training & you’re in….. Or you could just get yourself an Inside link.

Just this week I was on public transport, and we passed a set of Officers doing Spot Checks on the main road and to my Amazement, the scene looked like a Well paid African Guerilla Crew. All brand new gears & weapons plus very young faces. Not saying that an older person outside of your teens could not appear young, but in this case you could actually see that these youngsters we in their late Teens, fully dressed and out there as A Real Police Officer.

So my say, “Why Not?- at least it’s keeping them outta trouble”. But on second thought, maybe this is not such a good Idea.

Why not have the youngsters In Police training but guide them along to a suitable career path. The NAVY & US Marine Corp. does it, so does many other armed forces In the world. Al-Qaida teach their youngsters IT & Electronics- well yeah they train them to “build a better bomb” but they still have the choice to choose after receiving all that training- which might cost them in the long run. But at least you weren’t a trained “Licensed to Kill” Youngster at age 24.

Instead of using all that ManPower to fight CRIME, how about using it to PREVENT Crime? Example Spending a half a million dollars Per Person during Recruitments & training, how about constructing a institution that take these same Young men- However underprivileged, unmotivated or just Out & Plain- BAD and share with them simple task each day, seek their hidden potentials. I find that 90% of Jamaica’s population is VERY Skilled In some form of Art or music. Assist them in discovering that potential & put it to good use through exports & tourism.

But Aaaah yes it may just cost a lot of money, but since I was Old enough to Understand People Money & Its Value, I realize that all the Government talk about is MONEY & how we don’t have enough – but our next step is to take all those BILLIONS spend on other things to be spend back on the Populous for them to Benefit.