Attorney General Anand Ramlogan said Thursday he is disappointed with the level of crime in the post-emergency period and suggested that measures by Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs have failed.
Ramlogan made the comment in response to questions from reporters with respect to strategies in the aftermath of the state of emergency, which ended on December 5.
Ramlogan made the comment in response to questions from reporters with respect to strategies in the aftermath of the state of emergency, which ended on December 5.
"The Commissioner of Police will be the best person to explain what measures were introduced post State of Emergency to prevent this from happening and why those measures have failed and what he intends to do about it," the AG said.
Ramlogan said it was "unusual" that a spike in crime came immediately after the emergency ended. "There should have been some plans to deal with it, anticipate it and that is why perhaps it's a little troubling at this time," said Ramlogan.
He added, "The Government is very concerned...I for one am very anxious to hear from the Commissioner of Police who had the benefit of a year to settle into the job and who we hoped to have brought fresh ideas and new perspective to be able to help us to solve the crime problem," he said.
"The concept of 21st century policing has been bandied about and I am naturally disappointed in the spike of the murder rate post the State of Emergency. We intend to ask certainly for the plans that would lead to the suppression of this spike from the Commissioner of Police," he added.
Ramlogan refused to comment directly on the performance of Gibbs. He said, "It would be improper for me to make any such comment given the fact that the Government is not the constitutional body that is responsible for evaluating the performance of the Commissioner of Police, that is in fact the job of the Police Service Commission to whom that question ought to be posed."
Ramlogan said it was "unusual" that a spike in crime came immediately after the emergency ended. "There should have been some plans to deal with it, anticipate it and that is why perhaps it's a little troubling at this time," said Ramlogan.
He added, "The Government is very concerned...I for one am very anxious to hear from the Commissioner of Police who had the benefit of a year to settle into the job and who we hoped to have brought fresh ideas and new perspective to be able to help us to solve the crime problem," he said.
"The concept of 21st century policing has been bandied about and I am naturally disappointed in the spike of the murder rate post the State of Emergency. We intend to ask certainly for the plans that would lead to the suppression of this spike from the Commissioner of Police," he added.
Ramlogan refused to comment directly on the performance of Gibbs. He said, "It would be improper for me to make any such comment given the fact that the Government is not the constitutional body that is responsible for evaluating the performance of the Commissioner of Police, that is in fact the job of the Police Service Commission to whom that question ought to be posed."
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