The lead story in Saturday's STAR again signalled the need for urgent attention to be paid to crime in Clarendon.
The article was about the most recent incident which involved the shooting of seven persons at a wake. Two of the victims died.
According to the article, gunmen opened fire on residents who were at the wake as they attempted to kill a witness to the murder of five people in December 2007, in the nearby community of Water Lane.
Further in the article, the mayor of May Pen, Milton Brown, pleaded for help from the authorities to tackle crime as it could derail development in the parish.
Several articles about the cause of crime in Clarendon show that the problem can be attributed to the increased number of unregulated settlements in the parish which have become a haven for criminals.
These communities are usually difficult to police and hardly any attempt is made to curb growth in these areas. Therefore it is clear that when the mayor is calling for help from the authorities, his council and those agencies that regulate housing and development also have a key role to play.
Obviously these informal settlements should not be allowed to proliferate and those that exist already ought to be regularised quickly. Clarendon definitely needs a comprehensive plan to address crime in the parish.
All stakeholders, from the police to citizens, need to get involved and join together to rid their parish of crime and return it to the once safe place it use to be.
linko said
12:43 02/26 2008
MAY PEN NO PLAY PEN
rseenal said
12:44 02/26 2008
fe real.... naaah lie... ova dem mi see di fuss rocket launcher.... wtf?...
Garrick said
12:47 02/26 2008
Clarendon, St. Catherine and St. Thomas...the parishes i would never live.
linko said
12:54 02/26 2008
AHAHAHAAH
Crazypickney said
15:33 02/26 2008
dem a gwaan bad down a clarendon man
littlemisslinkz said
17:03 02/26 2008
pistolvaniasfinest said
19:37 02/26 2008
Garrick wrote:
Clarendon, St. Catherine and St. Thomas...the parishes i would never live.
how you a come diss mi parish suh?.......but for real though, all Kingfish did was just push the gun man from town to country...now di whole island a go mash up....not just town.....
Garrick said
19:40 02/26 2008
Pistol nuh feel no way mi have family members in all 3 parishes mi mention....and MI NAH GO VISIT DEM. Di man fi jus cool dem damn self and stop the crime.
pistolvaniasfinest said
22:02 02/26 2008
mi whole family come from Clarendon, and mi know from long time, sey tings a get red......all when mi go visit mi grandma, mi see man wid some wicked machine whey only come pon tv.....di whole a dis fu^kery start more den 3 years, so how come a just NOW people a realize sey tings need fi change?.....Town always used to wicked, now even country no nice no more.....
shardo said
22:19 02/26 2008
eeeeh... how yuh waan cum diss mi parish dem yute.. except St. Thomas mi nuh care bout dem
blackspyda said
23:19 02/26 2008
mi have alot of family at clarendon enuh but which part dem live not too bad
The lead story in Saturday's STAR again signalled the need for urgent attention to be paid to crime in Clarendon.
The article was about the most recent incident which involved the shooting of seven persons at a wake. Two of the victims died.
According to the article, gunmen opened fire on residents who were at the wake as they attempted to kill a witness to the murder of five people in December 2007, in the nearby community of Water Lane.
Further in the article, the mayor of May Pen, Milton Brown, pleaded for help from the authorities to tackle crime as it could derail development in the parish.
Several articles about the cause of crime in Clarendon show that the problem can be attributed to the increased number of unregulated settlements in the parish which have become a haven for criminals.
These communities are usually difficult to police and hardly any attempt is made to curb growth in these areas. Therefore it is clear that when the mayor is calling for help from the authorities, his council and those agencies that regulate housing and development also have a key role to play.
Obviously these informal settlements should not be allowed to proliferate and those that exist already ought to be regularised quickly. Clarendon definitely needs a comprehensive plan to address crime in the parish.
All stakeholders, from the police to citizens, need to get involved and join together to rid their parish of crime and return it to the once safe place it use to be.
how you a come diss mi parish suh?.......but for real though, all Kingfish did was just push the gun man from town to country...now di whole island a go mash up....not just town.....