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**Steve** » 2013-03-01 16:17

How can a country fight crime when the police force is not strong? Anybody can attest that the few police men on the street are not even armed, would you expect an empty handed police man to fight with a well armed criminal? the answer is no. I am not Antiguan but I am proud to live in Antigua, one of my reason is for security, but I notice everyday that gone this place is being transform from bad to worse, it is not right. I make an appeal to the government not to be complaisant, because there are lots of crimers resided in the country and drastic measures should be taken against that the sons and daughter of the land as well as resident to live peacefully.

Equip the police force for the battle
Pay them well and on time
Make sure investigation continued
sever penalty should be in place for anybody who get caught in disturbing the peace of the nation.

I take the responsibility to spend time in Praying and fasting for the country because this is not a light attack. God bless Antigua and Barbuda

**god is watching** » 2013-03-01 12:21

EVERY WHERE IN ANTIGUA NEED SHAKE UP STARTING WITH APUA , CMC , ALL GOVERMENT OFFICE IN BARBUDA , POWER PLANT OVER IN BARBUDA THEY HAVE BLACK xxxxY RUNNING THE POWER PLANT HE NEED TO BE RE APUA MOVE

**god is watching** » 2013-03-01 12:16

this island need jesus and the bible say ( IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALL BY MY NAME HUMBLE THEM SELF AND TURN FROM THEY WICKED WAYS THEN WILL THEY HEAR FROM HEAVEN ) IT DOESNT MATTER WHO WE PUT THEIR IN THESE TOP JOB IF THEY DONOT HAVE GOD THEY HAVE NOTHING GOD IS THE ANSWER FOR THIS NATION RIGTH NOW PEOPLE WITH POWER AND MONEY DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO PRAISE GOD WHEN I SSEE SOME OF OUR LEADER DRUNK AT BEEE HIVE AND HOW WE EXPECT FROM THE YOUTH TO BEHAVE WHEN WE NOT SHOWING ANY EXAMPLE WE ARE TO ASHAME LITTLE ANTIGUA SO BAD NOW BUT WE DECLARE THAT THE PEACE OF GOD OVER THIS NATION AND WE SEND SPIRTOF DEATH OUT THIS WITH BLOOD OF BLEADING LAMB

**Alvin Jarvis** » 2013-02-28 01:46

Lets hope the security cameras within the environs will prove uesful during this investigation process. However, this seems a wee bit more than just a robbery attempt.....i wish the police success in their investigation!

**my way of helping** » 2013-02-27 22:36

I have used my ears and heard officer, great officers said, they are afraid to police. I have done research, heard the same. Yes, by putting officers the public deem to be unprofessional, abusing power, off the squad is a great idea but not the ones who are innocent but is convicted from technicality.

But Tenman, i will let you win this time.

**Observer...** » 2013-02-27 22:27

And we need to have some example set so that the citizens will know that they have rights and duties to. And that the police cannot do it all by themselves. They need our help. These criminals have friends and family and someone knows them and knows what they have done. Or at least should have some way of suspecting what they have done. And we need to flush out these hiding places for the criminals by making those who hide them equally accountable. As the USA said anyone that harbors a terrorist is considered a friend of them and an enemy of the USA and they will go after them no matter what. That is why they went into Pakistan to get Bin Ladin without the consent of the Pakistani government. Someone help refresh my memory. There was a crime some time ago that shocked the entire country. Just like this one. A young girl was raped and murdered in the botanical gardens. Was the perpetrator ever caught and if so what was his sentence?

**Observer...** » 2013-02-27 22:23

. In fact his calculation was to kill anyone that was a treat of being a witness that could later cost him his live. It is therefore very sad to see our politician putting up a big show and coming with nothing more than old strategies to get criminals. And can the politician once and for all not try to sit on the judgment seat and think they can be the judge as well. It is only a judge that can sentence anyone to the death penalty. Yes in a rage I would want to see swift judgment and capital punishment dealt to these criminals, but again thank God we have a legal system that a person has the right to go through. What I believe the politician can do is to either make laws to make a person that knowingly withholds information of a criminal offends from the police an accessory to the crime. And prosecute persons to the full extent of the law. That will then deter anyone to assist their friend, brother, father, mother, sister or whomever it is from the police.

**Observer...** » 2013-02-27 22:22

While it is fine to offer bounties, this is a strategy that is done for many years. It has also shown that the general public is more afraid for the criminals than for the law enforcement officers. The only ones that took advantage of these bounties were people that use to do this for a living and called were called Bounty Hunters. Any normal law abiding citizen would never get in the way of the criminal and the lawmen. Afraid for his/her live and that of his/her family. In the USA they had to institute policies to protect those citizens that wanted to come forward. This then became the famous witness protection program. A person would be sent to live somewhere else unknown, get a new name and a new identity and a good amount of money. Note that these states also had the death penalty, but death penalty has never deterred a criminal from doing what he wants.

**Smoke n Mirrors** » 2013-02-27 21:41

From the photo, it looks like they don't want to be there. Especially the grey-headed dude on the far right. Is this all "smoke and mirrors"? I hope not.

**tenman** » 2013-02-27 20:59

My way of helping, the family of those police men in LA said the same thing you are saying. Some officers suggested the verdict would prevent them from properly policing. Honest persons would tell you that it has done the opposite. It brought attention to problems in the police force and enabled a better relationship with the community, than existed before the Rodney King incident (see www.npr.org/2012/04/25/151354376/after-riots-scandal-sparked-reform-in-lapd). My Way of helping, your closeness to the situation is preventing you from being logical. No one is above the law, not even some people who fool themselves in thinking they are the law

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**my way of helping** » 2013-02-27 19:44

When good officers work they are charged and convicted, ASP Francis and the other officer who went to jail because he took the mother of a young baby to the home to pick up clothes, and was assaulted by the father, so he shot in self-defense and now he sits in Jail for 15 years.

We will get more, even if it is my family and sadly, i can't honestly say we deserve better officers and securing because we reward officers by cursing them and hating them, even back then when crime was not an issue, we still hated police and say all manner of evil against them, now you want them to risk their life for us, after we repay them with conviction. more to come people.

**ANTIGUAN WOMAN** » 2013-02-27 19:29

"The task force has had some success"Accordi ng to Dr Cort.Well had they not had success we would probably be all wounded or dead by a bullet by now.Someone shot in the heart of St Johns,in broad day light and the perpetrator is still at large after skipping through tiny St Johns,and we have had success.This is a very dramatic and reactive govt.

**Observer 2** » 2013-02-27 18:09

The emphasis for the commissioner of Police is to ensure that the public park properly in town. So instead of having the scares human resource he has patroling these areas and be on the look out for criminals, he has police driving around St. John's all day with traffic wardens issuing parking tickets while criminals are reaping havoc in the country.

**tenman** » 2013-02-27 17:35

my way of helping your father had his day in courts. He refused to testify. The articles I have read state he did not even make a written police statement. Its as if instead of putting up a defense in court, a defense is now being put up via caribarena comments. If you feel so strongly about your fathers case, why not appeal to the Privy counsel since the CCJ is not yet our final court? My way of helping, until there is a contrary verdict, or a successful appeal to stay its conclusions, I have to respect the verdict of the courts.

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**JahMa** » 2013-02-27 17:13

Monetary reward "of $50,000 to anyone who could provide credible information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the shooter." Bull poo poo, from Corts, and all the other incompetent members of his ineffective task force..."A life for a life"...how about "WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE"....Be for real and fight FIRE WID FIRE...No drama, jus' JahMa

**my way of helping** » 2013-02-27 16:01

In an administrative court or administrative body, making the ruling in such a case, no way they can find an officer with these same facts to be responsible for anything or could be fired. So, yes, with all the facts of the case, i would rule, differently, from the courts and this man would be re-instated.

being guilty in criminal court does not mean you are responsible in administrative or civil court and vice-versa. You know my style of blogging, look at the case and you know, it is not because he is my father, i could not convict any man with the same circumstances, no witness, the criminal was shot in the front (lower left chest), my father was standing with a family member and he left after seeing the suspicious activity who had a weapon and did not comply with a police lawful order.

**my way of helping** » 2013-02-27 15:58

Don't you think such a move would create further distance between the police and the community they serve? If the answer is yes why would you suggest that your father who a jury found similarly guilty, and the OECS appeals court upheld the decision, be brought back on the police force?

Tenman, their are many courts, administrative courts, criminal court and civil courts.
The case that was made against my father was not sufficient, no evidence of intent to commit a crime, acted lawfully to question a suspect who then attacked him because they do not want no one to speak to them and hold them accountable.

**lethal.** » 2013-02-27 15:56

mr cort dats a good idea. now i hope this money will be coming out of you high paid good for nothing UPP ministers pocket. don't try to take it from the already unpaid government workers, civil servants, pensioners, and the poor people in antigua pocket. dig inna the money that you fellas x x x and the IMF bank.

**my way of helping** » 2013-02-27 15:46

Again, my father spoke to me and there are manythings he would have attacked that is happening in the force, so why make this positive law enforcer become incharge, who will not let politics rule him or officers violate?
Tenman, because some of the public don't like you, it means you should not have your job or you should not blog or you should be innocently punished?

Well, i guess you would think so, you think we deserve a court of appeals here only because we are we and that is the justification, nothing else.

**Joker government** » 2013-02-27 15:46

Say I love politics, but you know how I know this UPP government is a BIG JOKE. Nothing is wrong with offering someone a reward, but how can you find $50,000 so quickly because of what happened. What about finding $50,000 to install few cameras down at heritage quay and at other places. This no brain government. Whats the purpose of having a degree and got no brains to formulate strategies to catch those criminals. Hey, Some thing is called articulating vision. The problem with some of us in Antigua is that we depend so heavily on politicians for things that we are afraid to speak out and speak the truth.

**my way of helping** » 2013-02-27 15:44

I do not know their cases, i know my father is innocent, not guilty. You bring back an innocent man back and as you say and support my case, the ruling was made by the court of appeals base in the Caribbean; no witnessed, bullets were in the place where it would mostlikely be for someone who is attacking another person with a cutlass, officer word against a civilian.

Tenman, i had the entire case file and if you were that officer, no way i could have charged you much more to convict you. Read the case, sit in court. he testified, my father did not.

The other court cases, what does those have to do with my point? explain your logic and again, i do not want you to regret wasting your time explaining.

Under one government, he was found clear, about twice for this case, then under this government guilty, what new happen. I know, i was visiting Antigua at the time, then they put him in to be one of the person's to be the commissioner and then miraculously they open back the case and charged him, no new evidence.

**Wadadlian** » 2013-02-27 15:40

@ Ms. Scotland - are you human? Does the person's nationality matter above and beyond what we as a people experienced yesterday? Are you for real? How many children do you have? Don't know about others but you don't represent me (100% proud Antiguan) with that low excuse for a comment.

You made me feel sick.

**tenman** » 2013-02-27 15:09

my way of helping, with the surge in crime being experienced currently in Oakland, LA, do you think the way to solve the problem is for the LAPD, to reinstate the officers who were found guilty ( Sgt Stacey Koon, Laurence Powell) of beating Rodney King? Don't you think such a move would create further distance between the police and the community they serve? If the answer is yes why would you suggest that your father who a jury found similarly guilty, and the OECS appeals court upheld the decision, be brought back on the police force? A big part of solving our current crime problem involves cleaning up the police force.

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**Annetta Washington** » 2013-02-27 14:25

@native antigua comment, it does not matter if she is antiguan or not. She is a mother of five. Those children just lost their mother, have some sympathy.

**Dave** » 2013-02-27 14:21

Are you really serious by asking what cameras do and if it can stop crime ,may be then you asking the same question about if police can stop crime ...come on be positive and stop being so negative.camera s are good for reference purposes ,for instance a robbery took place at a business place one night it was four guys with mask the cameras got everything clean ,the business place was able to play back the camera about two days before and guest what the same four guys had visited the same business place ,the height and walking posture was taking into consideration,s o the police could do the rest in terms of starting their investigation.c ctv cameras are very good in acting as a deterant so If you had 10 persons that would commit a crime in a particular area if you add CCTV cameras it would cut it down to two ,so guest what their will always be those that still do what they do.bless

**my way of helping** » 2013-02-27 13:30

Bring back ASP FRANCIS, this man would be on the street, this man police, investigate and has to fear to stop and search suspicious persons. Did you see how crime went up when he stop working? did you see crime in Bolans more, when bolans was never a place of criminal activity?

It will get worse, but you people here who loves to condemn these officers who do their jobs correctly will pay and fell.

Now, do what you do best vote against this statement, be negative.

**Picadilly** » 2013-02-27 12:46

I keep seeing the word 'cameras' mentioned, as if cameras will stop all this descent into anarchic oblivion that we seem intent on. Let me just say this, there are cameras all over english harbour, did it stop the people getting robbed at the dockyard atm the other day, no. There is a police station at the entrance to the dockyard, did that stop the people getting robbed at the atm, less than a hundred yards away, no. Dealers in substances peddle their goods openly every day in english harbour, do the cameras stop them, no. Houses get robbed at night & in broad daylight in english harbour, do the cameras stop it, no. People get held up at gunpoint in english harbour, do the cameras stop it, no. Why not you may ask, well, the answer to that may lie in asking the question, who looks at the cameras and the tapes.

**just wondering** » 2013-02-27 12:00

When will it stop???, no more press conferences please, you all look bored and tired.

**Ms Scotland** » 2013-02-27 11:34

A calypso ditty indeed.

**Calypso Eroll** » 2013-02-27 11:24

Fire the four
Throw them out the door;
Anyone for a passport?
Fully supported by the cort.

Murder on the rise
The answer - more UPP lies;
No-one is secure
Crime is worst than before.

Economic hardship filling the jail
So everyone and everything is now for sale;
400,00 will give a new life
50,000 will be the reward for the loss of a life.

**Protector** » 2013-02-27 11:08

Why up to now we have not caught that person... who carried out that Henious crime yesterday afternoon... My Sympathy go out to the family of that hardworking woman....iF WE HAD CAMERAS ALL OVER THE TOWN... THAT CRIME WILL HAVE BEEN SOLVED ALREADY... BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO SOME PEOPLE HIGH UP... THEIR ATTITUDE... IS THAT CRIME IS ALL OVER... THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GOING TO GET ACTION IS WHEN SOMEONE FOR THEM IS THE VICTIM....THE criminals running things because of our
mentality.By now we must relaise that this is not the Antigua that we used to know... whereby we left our doors open..This generation is a diffreent breed of people....They Na Fraid Jail....for many of them Jail is dollyhouse.

**SlyThatGuy** » 2013-02-27 11:05

It's pretty obvious that Dr. Errol Cort is using his emotion instead of his brain here. Although it is usual for the police to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of an offender,the amount offered is usually not $50.000. A reward of $10.000 for turning in a criminal is enticing enough to get someone to come forward. Where Dr. Cort is prepared(using his emotion) to pay $250.000 for information leading to five different arrests and convictions,he could have (using his brain)accomplis hed the same thing with $50.000 by offering only $10.000.

**Voice of the People** » 2013-02-27 10:39

Many people are concerned that not a word was heard from Baldwin! I have an idea, tell him that the spike in murders and robberies will hurt his Economic Citizenship Plan even more than the Four "No" votes in the Senate! That should get his attention!

What a shame!

**Tired** » 2013-02-27 10:38

Are we serious about fighting crime... Look at the picture of the officers with Doctor Cort... They Look to you as if they serious.....Jus t look at the picture..Anyone of them ...Look to you as if they are a crime buster.We are living in a time that demands drastic Action.

**Auddie** » 2013-02-27 10:15

Vigilante justice is not the answer, don't give the cruel and sadistic muderous types among us a reason to vent their spleen. help them to keep it to themsellves

**PATRIOT** » 2013-02-27 10:09

For over the past two years.... there has been regular calls for beefed up Security in Heritage Quay....No one listenting..... Yesterday three policemen were on duty.... but they alone cannot patrol heritage Quay....that number is just not sufficent...Fro m today....I am sure we will see an increase number. It appears that if the idea does not come from the Minister....Of. ..NS... he na listenting no other ideas....It Must Come from me....I am The Man... but as usual someone has to die before we see any movement....Mak ing such a hit at Heritage Quay...can be compared to when
Ben laden and his murderous cronies hit the World trade centre.....Heritage
Quay is the Heartbeat of Antigua's vital tourist industry..... we must realise also that the only developments taking place in the country....are strip Clubs,Gambling dens from Market Street... to who knows where... they are popping up all over the place..... bars.....and these are right in our face...

**Auddie** » 2013-02-27 10:09

It is a criminal aAct in itself that those persons who pay very high rent for their shops in heritage quay are not afforded even survelance cameras for their security. Why is St. John's Dev . doing with the money???? This killer should be easily caught and brought to swift justice, this callous disregard for human life must be stopped.
How could this happen in broad daylight are the criminals so sure that the ill equipped police force will never catch them or what?

**Resident** » 2013-02-27 10:01

This is another sad day for Antigua. Sympathies to the Powell family. Where were the police? Gunned down on Thames st in broad daylight. The crazed gunman knew that police were no where in sight so he could do what he wanted without fear or challenge. When will have leadership in the police force? When the Canadians were in charge, we had the lowest crime rate in the English speaking Caribbean. Since then chaos and crime...what does that tell us all. Time for a change in the police force and ministry...god save us.

**At school** » 2013-02-27 09:49

Lots of comments are made without any rational thought. How can persons say the man was masked when they did not see him? Give the evidence if you saw him! Was any money or other items stolen from the store? Was this really a robbery or something else? Why just shoot her in the head? Something smells and I am waiting to hear other info before I draw conclusions.
The Police can only be as strong as the citizens. When parents/relativ es hide their loved ones and the material things they accumulate illegally, blame the Police huh? Even if there are corrupt elements in the Force, do we not know who they are? Do we endeavour to point them out to the PSC?
I'm not a apologist for the government, but I have been around for a while and for some people, if their homes run out of toilet paper, blame the government.
We do not place any blame on ourselves for upholding a culture of grab-e-ology and fanatical materialism. These gun-toters have mothers, fathers, and relatives who in many instances do nothing to arrest their descent into irresponsible and menacing behavioural patterns.
More to come. Go figure!

**At Your Own Risk** » 2013-02-27 09:48

My heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased..five children left without their mother. Dr Corts, something should have been done when Dorothy Prince was shot and killed at her workplace one year . There should have been a Dorothy Prince Effect put in place so that this animal should not have been able to walk into this woman's workplace, shot and kill her and walk away undetected. Promises are for fools...Action speaks louder than words...This woman's family deserve more that your words, they deserve action. May her soul rest in eternal peace. To the coward who took her life...you were man enough to take her life, be man enough to suffer the consequences for your action. You can run but you cannot hide!!!

**buss** » 2013-02-27 09:19

Dr. Cort..... all i say to you is BLAH BLAH BLAH, same crap you say every time something of this nature happens. I guess you and your pathetic "party" will only do something when it affects you personally or them. Antiguans are sick and tired of your BS and the crap that your UPP degenerates spew out of your pathetic mouths when we are in crisis! NEWSFLASH!!! this did not happen UNTIL your "party" started your policies and implementation of rules and tax laws that plunged this country into the state of chaos it is now it..... SO PLEASE!! Save us the drama and do what is necessary to give us ANTIGUANS our blasted country back!!!

**Fed Up** » 2013-02-27 09:19

I see a lot of Xenophobic hysteria going on right now which is typically Antiguan. "Let's send all the foreigners home" I hear, fine, send them all home, who going to do the work around the place ? Antiguans ? I don't think so, the reason so many foreigners are here is because antiguans are basically lazy and do not want to work. Where you going to shop ? Most of the successful businesses here are owned by non-antiguans. Look at everything run by Antiguans, inefficient, Police Force, APUA, what can we do on our own ? Not much by the looks of it. We squeal loudly when they brought in the white canadians to run the police force, wanting one of our own to do it, now we have one it's proved that he CANNOT do it, he is not good enough. The Government is corrupt and inefficient, and has been since independence, no matter what color flag you want flying all are the same. We need a major shift in intelligence before we can move on, right now it's backwards all the way. My heart goes out to the family of this young woman, what a waste, the fact that she's a foreigner is irrelevant, we are all the same on this planet, we all live, breathe and die, some way before their time.

**RoboCop** » 2013-02-27 09:15

For a country that loves Law and Order and New York Undercover and NCIS, and all those dramas where the cops come out on top, we certainly not learning anything from them. We watch them, but we feel that is them, not us. When will we start treating our cops with dignity and give them the tools to make them walk tall and put the bandits on the run?

**Nemesis** » 2013-02-27 09:11

Successful crime fighting is mainly in the hands of our people.Crime solving will improve when we as Antiguans stop shielding criminals, stop receiving the ** from theft and turn in these criminals. Crime prevention will improve when we stop reacting more than we work on prevention. Crime will decrease when we start paying more attention to who we let into our country, and the people who let them in start thinking about their country more than what goes into their pockets.
We all have to remember that no matter how much we gain from the proceeds of crime, we will not be able to enjoy it here because we would have destroyed the country anyway.

**Dig It** » 2013-02-27 09:10

Just little over a year ago, the public was outrage the killing of Dorothy Prince at Dee's Service Station, a mother of two children ( aged 12 years and 18 months). Two of the persons responsible for her murder were a policeman and soldier. They were supposed to 'serve-and-prot ect' our citizens. What has been done since then to make sure that our law enforcement officials are not on the 'wrong side' of the law? I applaud the NS Minister in his response to bring the person responsible for Ms. Powell's killing to justice. Yet, the public has not seen any progress in 'winning' the fight against the criminals. And, while the Minister seeks legislation of more "stricter penalties to control criminal activity," he must remember that we also have an "economic" problem, to find and create jobs and opportunities, to help the situation that has completely gone out of hand. Our socio-economic problem is "deep rooted" and it is about time we get to the 'root' of it, and let the chips fall wherever they may. We all need to win this fight and restore 'peace and safety' to the people.

**Jesus is way...** » 2013-02-27 09:00

Let us put politics and our personal views aside for a moment and think of the need of other people out there. We crown ourselves as a religious nation; where are the christian ethics of this country? Yesterday is gone, tomarrow is not promised but the time to act is today because today is here and we can start to make the difference needed to take back the safty and good name of our lovely twin island nation Antigua and Barbuda.

As a young Antiguan who wants a better and safer nation to live in and enjoy I am suggesting to the higher authorities to bring back one of the old crime task force team that had included Corpral RAY JOHN and CLAUDE WILLIAMS who were very effective in there crime stopping duties. Please revisit this task force for Antigua and Barbuda need an intervention and I believe these men can get the job done. Pray for our country, nothing beats prayer; God bless us all.

**Madness** » 2013-02-27 08:58

Sitting at desks and taking turns in making speeches isn't going to fix anything! This was out of control since before, and now it's reached new heights. They know who the people are that bring in the guns, SHUT THEM DOWN NOW. How much more money do they want?? Dr Cort get rid of them deadbeats, they have no clue what they're doing and stop protecting the lawbreakers. Get outside help. Stop allowing illegals with criminal records to remain in Antigua. Those who know, start talking, your own children are growing up in this land too, they will have to deal with all of this and worse to come. :sad:

**Dig It** » 2013-02-27 08:52

Once again, my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Susan Powell. I hope the person responsible for this senseless shooting and killing of this mother of five is apprehended and brought to justice. This heartless and brazen criminal don't need to be amongst us. He has no regards of human life. Let us do whatever it takes to find him before he commits another act of terror and violence.

**tenman** » 2013-02-27 08:35

The great doctor Cort recently offered as part of a method of reducing crime, the removal of duty from the import of security equipment. This gave the impression that the government cared about persons security. However, the 15% ABST and 10% Revenue recovery still remain. Since they are compounded on the Cost Including Freight value, it then means one still has to pay at least 36.5% in import taxes. The measure seems more about the government providing a discount to take advantage of the crime crisis.

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**Dessalines** » 2013-02-27 08:30

When now have a porous border, an archaic,ineffec tive and corrupt police force, open door immigration policy and poor leadership and voila - you have a criminal's wet dream.
One blogger even argued that Caricom deportees should be allowed entry because they have served time and payed their dues to society - not our society certainly.
Our cultural identity (what little we had), our standard of living and general way of life is under siege. We are prisoners in our own country. Locking your windows and doors and avoiding certain neighborhoods no longer guarantees safety. We now watch our backs at work.

**fire** » 2013-02-27 08:24

The MEDIA moment minister held a "pressed" Conference to invite the MEDIA to one of his moments (A New strategy formulation / discussion). Every time a crime happens, they arrest the situation by coming up with a new strategy that is only strategized on paper; none of which has even been effective at anything what soever.

It is sad that ANOTHER young, talented, beautiful, HARD WORKING (Unlike these ministers), MOTHER (Most important of all) of five had to succumb to this. I wonder if it was the w*fe, m**her, au*t* or keep w*m*n of the great Error Caught how would he feel.

Election will come and the UPP will go!

**Dessalines** » 2013-02-27 08:15

How does an unmasked well dressed man shoots a store attendant in a busy part of the city and walks calmly away and still on the loose??
Simply put neither the authorities or the general public have any idea who or what is living among us. The word is out that Antigua is 'easy' to get into and get 'stay' and the deportees from other Caricom nations have gotten the message. Minister Cort's admitted not long ago that they are here among us and we do not the mechanisms to know what type of crimes they committed abroad. It is ironic that the same Minister responsible for allowing entry to these elements and granting them residence without background checks is the same person tasked with getting the escalating crime under control. And he like other free movement armchair pundits can see no correlation between influx of unskilled 'brothers and sisters' and escalating crime.

**John French II** » 2013-02-27 07:59

Notes From A Native Son Of The Rock! Tenman has suggested Fact Based analysis and Solutions. Morris wishes for creation of tactical operations & dismantling of the Land based Army. Dig IT urges patience and Strategic Initiatives whereas fnpsr wants to fix the little things. Skye wants to see heads roll, jobs for the youth and technology driven departments with Capacity Development in Critical Thinking.
It can be said that the PM's Committee and the Dr's Task Force had everything before them, they had nothing before them, they were going to Parliament, they were going the other way, in short they were the quietest of authorities as they insisted that $50K be received for good or for evil.
Morris warns of the Hidden Hand of Leaders. Jumbee Picknee sees Capos & Consiglieres. To remove our youth from "DeM Clutching Hans" & The Pale White Horse, the Nation must ask: Quote:

How do we attract more jobs to our shores? How do we equip our people with the skills needed to do those jobs? And how do we make sure Hard Work Leads to a decent living?- BHO

to rid us of rogue cops, **ed civil servants and "bobol artists" in the Private Sector.
Heaven Help Us All!

**Morris** » 2013-02-27 07:55

He offered his deepest condolences to the family of the deceased, and reassured them and the public that “no stone will be left unturned in bringing the perpetrator to justice in this matter.”

Dr. Cort, in case you haven't noticed, there are far too many other stones still unturned so please don't blow smoke up the family's and public's rear end. Your plans, policies, and directives have all amounted to abysmal failures. I hope you realize that since you don't seem to be a part of the solution that you must then be a part of the problem. I know that, because of your big ego, that acknowledgement will be a bitter pill for you to swallow.

**Contractor** » 2013-02-27 07:49

This may need a state of emergency so yes call up all Antiguans and Barbudans too, the Defence Force, the Police Force and able bodied citizens who want to be trained to hunt down bandits. Deputize and arm all and place them on the island grid to bag all these bandits. But wait a minute, think outside the box, with so many people and armed police milling about in that area tell me how could a gunman simple attack and got away just so is a bit bothersome to me. I can understand if this happened a dark night in the bushes or countryside but not in this area. I am not a detective but I would follow some leads with her known associates and look for someone close because this looks more like a deliberate hit job, conveniently done to throw off investigators making it look like a robbery of sorts. Get Scotland Yard, Mounties, and even the FBI on the ground ASAP. Get warrants and conduct random or collective searches of the known or unknown acquaintances, her enemies, and also known and unknown gunmen places of abode (homes, cars, and business) the whole island symmetric grid.

**alex.h** » 2013-02-27 07:43

i say it again;make a gun amnesty and every one catcht after that with a gun gets 25 years

**Miego Man** » 2013-02-27 07:31

Get real! The biggest deterrent is actually catching the criminals...can 't you get that? The above picture (with Cort) shows one of a bunch of tired, outdated, demotivated clueless security heads!

Cort has no shame! He should offer his resignation like the Two Senators did last week! Then again I guess he thinks he's too important to even think of that!

A politician with an ego is a dangerous thing!

**carvaa** » 2013-02-27 07:29

We need these defence force guys out in there trucks with the big guns especially at night patrolling, cause right now we have a war on our hands and we are loosing. All these corners and old houses that these guys used as hangout spot need to be clean up. It's either we have the boldest and bravest criminals in Antigua that cares hell about the law and because they know by the time our police get to the scene they are gone, since i can drive from Golden Grove school to Bolans without running into a police vehicle or these guy's are just totally Dumb to do some of the things they do and at the time and place. We might have to invest in one of those police helicopters used in the USA. People we don't need a special task force to fight crime that's what the police force is there for, maybe a special task force for drugs, but remember these are not really drug crimes we are seeing, these crimes are more like youths with nothing to do who watch alot of these ghetto movies and try to act them out.

**bjsm** » 2013-02-27 07:23

THEY NEED TO START PUTTING CAMERAS ALL OVER ST JOHNS AS WELL :sad:

ITS SO SO SAD MY LITTLE BIT OF PARADISE HAS COME TO NOTHING NOW :cry:

**Real cop** » 2013-02-27 07:22

Dr .Cort u have a lot of good officers in the force who can hunt down these criminals.But the goverment match up the country with its politics .i know a few officers who are devoted to there job but people in the force envy them.wrong people in the wrong department you dont have to like a person but pick the right guys for the job .Mr cort ask former commissioners Pompey

**John French II** » 2013-02-27 07:18

Notes From A Native Son Of The Rock! CountryMen, The Good Hon Dr. PM has his Committee, The Good Hon. Dr. Min of NS has His Task Force. Residents have their solutions, even one venerable lawman who's rage knew no bounds, tearfully had recommendations for the quick & the dead. Many CA Commenters offered suggestions - tactical and immendiate. Some have even engaged in using De Bono's PO, Abolish the Army: Move the resources to the Coast Guard, Police & Fire Departments. Expand the perimeter, circle and reach of the Police & Fire Departments and redesign, reengineer, restructure and realign the community policing functions as my way of helping continues to beg for an opportunity to show his love for his native land.
Rastas it has been suggested that GoAB Transform the Coast Gaurd into a power unit similar to SAM's, enlarge its youth Cadet Corps and Draft unemployed Youth, Males & Females, into the Corps with three hots & a cot, rather than expend meagre resources of housing them at the Old Army Barracks constructed to the East of The City in 1735.
What would we as a people have done if we had not been dragged kicking and bawling through the Middle Passage?

**NYC** » 2013-02-27 07:17

These older outdated retired men need young physical capable fighting men that can handle these bandits. No offense but its obvious.

**Big bounty?** » 2013-02-27 07:16

Since most persons in this island love freebies they believe by offering a 100 000 to a bounty is gonna solve the issue.?!

Its not one criminal out there! Look at over the weekend how much things happened in one night. ALL were gun crimes. Getting more police and the army involved to patrol the streets is not gonna solve anything. Yes the city will be filled of officers walking up and down but what else? busting the guy with lil weed in his bag? oh please

We need to find out where all these guns coming from? they are either being obtained locally or dey coming n from outside. either by air or sea! This is where they need to tackle these criminals, importation of drugs and weapons go hand in hand. The US protect their borders not only to bust no big drug deal but to curb guns from entering.

We need to protect our borders, we need to invest in the police force, we need to invest in the army, landforce and coast guard. thats where we need to start. but just patrolling the city is not going to help.

From how i see it, we are not safe any where, not even at work? where ya working hard to make an honest living?

**Robinhood** » 2013-02-27 07:09

Time to get rid of this man, he is in competent send him to
Redonda.

**Skyewill** » 2013-02-27 07:07

I first bloged in the Observer that this would happen in 2002. I wrte an email addressed to severel people to include the Minister of Justice, Gary Nelson another Minister and a political appointee. Gary Nelson responded The political appointee called me crazy. Who is crazy now VW? I got no other response. I told them it was going to be 10 - 15 years down the road. VW block my emails and said he no see no problem and please do not call or email him any more. I still have the email from VW. They were so comfortable that they had no concerns. THE NEMISIS IS NOW

**John French II** » 2013-02-27 06:50

Notes From A Native Son Of The Rock! CountryWomen, "whatever is true, ... right, ... pure, ... lovely, ... admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy think about such things" as we seek the Innovative Good against this Doom with Innovation and Right Minded Thinking People. When one looks at the grief stricken faces of a People shared around the world, the images could be from most Caribbean SIDS, from the Southside of Chicago, home of the man with most power on this globe, from Soweto, from Dakar, from Accra, from any of the Bairros Africanos of this globe. "There but for the Grace of God go I". Some say it is the worst of times, it is the season of Darkness - an economy in negative freefall plagued by electrical darkness and unemployed youngmen.
From 2002 to 2011 A&B received 275 criminals & felons from the US alone. 27.5 per year. With US recidivism at 33%/yr, Canada @ 41% & England & Wales @ 50% for males. You do the math using only US Figures - A minimum of 90 folks with no source of income. Add such "hardtone" adults to impressionable young men with deferred dreams. Skyewill has seen the canary in the mine since 2002. Some saw it in the 90's.

**Police** » 2013-02-27 06:39

The Royal Police Force is not going anywhere. All the Commissione of Police have done since in office is reward their favourites and turned a blind eye on those who has been hard working,probabl y in part because they are not Antiguans. After the last promotion list I doubt that the persons who are actualy doing real work are willing to do so anymore. The cry is let those who was promoted go and do the work which was never done by them anyway. The fact of the matter is how can you promote someone who has sat in an office since becomming part of the organization and police out their doing real police work a looked over. You promote someone who sat in Antigua State Colledge for two years and there were peole out there doing real Police work.
So do you think the Commissione of Police have the full support of the Force. He and his favourites should go try solve the escalating crime problem if they have the experince to do it.

**carvaa** » 2013-02-27 06:32

I recall the early part of 2000 our women was being rape and molested day and night by the mask raper and his knife. How did it get to this? we ellect a government to govern honestly and protect it's people, but they sat back and watch these outlaws take over our island paradise. One often say until it happens to a family member of one of these minister, but striking our tourism industry is even worst and that's why we are having a $50.000 reward and all these other hype talk. A shooting in Bendals would just be the normal everyday event. My relatives are scared to return home, a cousin of mine in the US army in Afgannistan said he felt much safer where he at and to tell the truth to picture him returning home after going through iraq now Afgan and end up shot by one of these cowards we have here would be hell. Yet the only thing our PM mind right now is CIP.
I often tried to understand how could one commit these crimes be it day or night and just walk away without a trace? I know our police can't be every where but

**John French II** » 2013-02-27 06:06

Notes From A Native Son Of The Rock! First to the Almighty, Lord of Lords, the Most Merciful, the Benevolent, may your blessings & comfort embrace the family and friends of Ms. Susan Powell.
Friends, let us reason together and seek solutions to ensure that Quote:

Whereas every person in Antigua and Barbuda is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, regardless of race, place of origin, political opinions or affiliations, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely-
a. life, liberty, security of the person, the enjoyment of property and the protection of the law;
b. freedom of conscience, of expression (including freedom of the press) and of peaceful assembly and association; and
c. protection for his family life, his personal privacy, the privacy of his home and other property and from deprivation of property without fair compensation, - Constitution of Antigua & Barbuda 1981

**Jokers/Leaders** » 2013-02-27 06:06

THIS IS SYSTEM IS ONE GIGANTIC JOKE. EVERYTIME SOMETIME HAPPENS THEY RUN COME ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR ASSISTANCE. WHAT ABOUT GETTING THE RIGHT TOOLS AND EQUIPTEMNT IN PLACE THAT WILL HELP REDUCE THOSE SENSELESS CRIMES. I REALLY CANT BELIEVE THAT A PLACE LIKE HERITAGE QUAY IS NOT INSTALLED WITH SECURITY CAMERAS. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! ALL THOSE WHAT COPS ARE GOOD FOR IS TO HAS** YOU EVERTIME YOU PARK FOR A SECOND DOWN AT HERITAGE QUAY. TOO MUCH INCOMPETENT PEOPLE LEADING US. WE SERIOUSLY NEED THE RIGHT PERSON IN PLACE TO DO THE RIGHT JOB. WE NEED TO STOP WITH THE NEPOTISM. I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THIS PERSON WILL BE CAUGHT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WILL FACE NOTHING BUT HARSH PUNISHMENT. I FEEL SORRY FOR THE FAMILY AND HOPE THEY WILL STAY STRONG IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

**The Time is now** » 2013-02-27 03:56

Well now all antiguans plus Most Standup and March against Crime it is so Sad our Little island in the Sun has Gone closer to the Doors of hell. It is Not to later to change the Doors back to paradise.
The Nation is going Down now is Time to Ban and clean up the criminals. Starting from curruption.
Bless to all and May god send Some 3 Day of Show and blessings for Antigua and Barbuda. Thank you

**Fireworks** » 2013-02-27 03:51

I for one felt safer when the Canadian Mounties where at the helm of the Police Force. .... At least they solved crimes and took the murderers off the street.

We all clamor and say give a local the job, and now Vere Browne is Commissioner,.. . Crime has spiked, too many go unsolved and criminals get away easy easy.
#bring back the Mounties

**my way of helping** » 2013-02-27 03:01

I have a plan and the old way of detecting and handling these criminals by the old-timers minded officers are not pragmatic. I advise you to do as you say erol cort use all available resources, i am available, use me. Contact me.

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