A total of eight hundred and thirty-five (835) serious crimes were reported in Dominica in 2019 and according to Police Chief, Daniel Carbon, this was slightly lower than the figure of 906 which was reported in 2018.Carbon said during a recently held press conference that in terms of minor crimes, three thousand, five hundred and one (3501) offenses were reported in 2019.
“For minor offenses in 2018, 3856 minor crimes were reported to the police and in 2019, 3501 minor offenses were reported to the police and we realized a reduction by 355 minor crimes in 2019,” he noted.
He said ten (10) murders were reported in 2019, compared to eleven (11) in 2018.
“I have a concern with the number of murders that are being committed as we all know one murder is one too many,” Carbon stated.
He noted, however, that out of the 10 murders that were reported in 2019, six were gun-related and eight were detected.
There were also twenty (20) firearm offenses in 2019, according to Carbon, an increase from the sixteen which were reported in 2018.
Does that number include those criminals that Al Jazeera told us about? What about those criminals that stole $1.2 billion from us? Remember it’s a lot of them. I guess is only poor man’s crime is really crime
You know it doesn’t. So stop acting like a petulant child.
I am very happy that there appears to be a reduction in crime in Dominica. However, we hope that the reduced numbers is not a result of underreporting as result of lack of trust in the police service. As we all know a lot has taken place which cause the public to be a bit wary about engaging the police. We must be very careful that this is not the case as in the future there will be a spike like we have never seen when citizens and residents alike start executing their own justice. Please don’t think it is far fetch. Inquire about the situation in St Croix USVI.
How many of the 835 serious crimes were successfully prosecuted? How many are in Stockfarm? I guess we will never get an answer on these questions. However I hazard an educated guess: out of the 835 less than 400 were actually prosecuted and less than 300 actually sit in Stockfarm. Dominica has by far the most incompetent Public Prosecution Service in the Western Hemisphere. That together with an incompetent police force is in the long run a recipe for disaster. Not that the dictator cares…
That is still too many.
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“A total of eight hundred and thirty-five (835) serious crimes were reported in Dominica in 2019 and according to Police Chief, Daniel Carbon, this was slightly lower than the figure of 906 which was reported in 2019.”
Correction:
“906 which was reported in 2018.”
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Well its good to see a reducing trend. What should also be reported is what actions were put in place to combat the crimes and can the reduction be attributed to those measures. That will allow to increase and improve on those crime reduction measures and make adjustments where needed. Lets see continue trend for 2020