Warner noted that while crime has been reduced the murder rate appears to be going up. And that is what counts.
"In this country crime is judged by the number of murders. You could do what you want—bring down assault and battery, robbery —but if murders go up, that is the yardstick by which people judge you," he told reporters.
The minister said the "urban warfare" in the country must end. "Urban warfare must be met frontally," he said.
"We can't run. We must take this country back, street by street, corner by corner. And you would see me on the block as you have never seen me before. If you thought you saw me digging roads and bridges, you would see me more often than that. And sooner rather than later," the former works minister said.
Warner spoke about some of things he would like to see, including greater police visibility. He said he wants "police officers, army and fire officers if you have to, in the hot spots, almost round the clock, to have helicopters with lights to see where people are going". He promised to provide the crime fighting tools and to hold "all of them accountable after that."
Warner said he would have no problem disagreeing with Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs. "Sometimes you have to crush grapes to get wine. If I have to butt the head of the Police Commissioner to solve crime or get things done, so be it. His would not be the first head I clashed with and it wouldn't be the last," he said.
However, the minister made it clear that he has no problem with Gibbs, noting that he believes that the commissioner is a "a reasonable man" who has the same objective as the government. "I have no intention to going in the media and mauvais langue, terrorise and badtalk the Commissioner of Police," Warner stated.
Warner also said he would like to be the return of a "sanitised Flying Squad".
The minister said the "urban warfare" in the country must end. "Urban warfare must be met frontally," he said.
"We can't run. We must take this country back, street by street, corner by corner. And you would see me on the block as you have never seen me before. If you thought you saw me digging roads and bridges, you would see me more often than that. And sooner rather than later," the former works minister said.
Warner spoke about some of things he would like to see, including greater police visibility. He said he wants "police officers, army and fire officers if you have to, in the hot spots, almost round the clock, to have helicopters with lights to see where people are going". He promised to provide the crime fighting tools and to hold "all of them accountable after that."
Warner said he would have no problem disagreeing with Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs. "Sometimes you have to crush grapes to get wine. If I have to butt the head of the Police Commissioner to solve crime or get things done, so be it. His would not be the first head I clashed with and it wouldn't be the last," he said.
However, the minister made it clear that he has no problem with Gibbs, noting that he believes that the commissioner is a "a reasonable man" who has the same objective as the government. "I have no intention to going in the media and mauvais langue, terrorise and badtalk the Commissioner of Police," Warner stated.
Warner also said he would like to be the return of a "sanitised Flying Squad".
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