{"id":5649,"date":"2010-03-08T08:58:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T14:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=5649"},"modified":"2010-03-08T11:49:09","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T17:49:09","slug":"stop-the-blame-game-police-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/crime-court-law\/stop-the-blame-game-police-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop the &#8220;blame game&#8221; &#8211; police PRO"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5650\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/weekes2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5650\" title=\"weekes2\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/weekes2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/weekes2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/weekes2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police PRO, Inspector Claude Weekes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Inspector Claude Weekes has made a call for social agencies to unite\u00a0 to help minimize criminal behaviour in Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media last week, Weekes insisted that the \u201cblame game\u201d must stop and everyone take responsibility to minimize crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe social agencies, the agencies in Dominica, we must come together to deal with the issue. Let us stop the blame game in Dominica. I think in my opinion we are blaming ourselves all the time, but what is crucial is what is it as a human being in this country, as an individual in this country, what is it that we are doing on our part to minimize criminality,\u201d the PRO said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that while Dominica is a relatively peaceful nation it is not immune to crimes which should be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity is a global issue and all governments in the world including this region, including Dominica, they are very concerned about criminal activity. We can say Dominica is a generally, relatively peaceful. We can boast of it, but on the other hand Dominica will not be immune to\u00a0 any kind of criminality. No country in the world,\u201d Weekes said.<\/p>\n<p>Weekes said that crimes can negatively affect\u00a0 local and foreign investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important that we minimize the impact of criminality &#8211; whether it is drugs, whether it is a sexual offense&#8230; we have to abduct a multi-dimensional approach to dealing with any kind of criminality; if we are not careful it can erode the democracy, it can erode the rule of law, it can erode the institutional capacity of the state, the human resource and it will not do the country well. It will affect our local and foreign investment.\u00a0 And it is important that we as a people, we as a nation come together to address the situation,\u201d Weekes said.<br \/>\n<em><strong><br \/>\nBy Hermisha Rolle, Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Inspector Claude Weekes has made a call for social agencies to unite\u00a0 to help minimize criminal behaviour in Dominica. 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