Leave good
police alone
The Editor, Sir:
This is a letter to police haters, the human rights sector in Jamaica and Dr. Gomes in particular.
I am the child of an active policeman and a person who has other family members on the force. Not all police personnel are corrupt. Or money-extorting lowlifes. I am sure that evidence can be found to identify those bad eggs. Deal with them! Leave the hard-working policemen and women alone to do their jobs in peace.
Three or more police personnel have been murdered in the space of 4 weeks. Those men had families and children, one his child was killed with him. Who is going to look after their children, who is going to comfort their wives and girlfriends? Who is going to pay for their children's education; who is going to be their father figure?
What are you saying human rights. I don't hear you. Ah yes, conveniently silent, hiding your head in the sand. No one talks up for the police. I am talking up for my father and his co-workers. Security forces, keep up the good work. You still have well thinking people in your corner. You're the one risking your lives everyday for an ungrateful minority. Given the choice, no one wants their job. No one wants to have a job that is life threatening.
I am, etc.,
DENARO PONDS
pondsdenaro@yahoo.com
Cops - mirror
of society
The Editor, Sir:
Indeed the police force may be corrupt, but what about the indiscipline of the society?
First, if the household is bad what can the police do? The police are not there to discipline the household
but the children on a whole, that's another whole story.
The generation of today is not during the time of the '40s and so on. Look at the many things they have to distract them, compared to our time. What type of men and women are we getting in the police force today? Is it that they love their job or they need a job and they abuse the use of their powers? That's where the dishonesty comes from. Sad to say that half of the country says so, but who is to be blamed?
Ask each one to look in the mirror and they should answer the question.
That corrupt cop that says what he did is nothing new, we all knew what has been going on, so why are we behaving as if we did not know?
I was a member of the ISCF and still love the force. This type of behaviour happens in big cities like New York too.
I am, etc.,
KENNETH LYNCH
kennglynn@peoplepc.com
Bronx, N.Y.
Via Go-Jamaica
Years of scandals
The Editor, Sir:
Almost every evening we watch the news on television, we see reports of disgruntled citizens across communities in Jamaica, protesting over the lack of water, poor road conditions, crime, violence and also parents soliciting money from the public to help pay for their
children's medical bills.
All or most of these problems could have been solved if it weren't for the waste, corruption and the numerous money scandals of the government that has been in power for the past 17 years.
Let me remind Jamaicans of where some of the money has gone which could have taken care of their many basic needs.
1. Zinc scandal (1989) $500 million; (2). Shell waiver scandal (1991) $29.5 million; (3). Furniture scandal (1991) $10.6 million; (4). Operation Pride/NHDC (1997) $5.5 billion (projected); (5). Public Sector salary scandal (1998) $60 million; (6). JPSCo overcharge (1998) $85 million; (7). Netserv scandal (2001) $220 million; (8) National Solid Waste scandal (2005) $2 billion;(9) Sandals Whitehouse scandal (2006) US $43.3 million.
This Government is a liability, the longer they stay in power, the more it will cost the taxpayers of Jamaica due to the monetary mismanagement, reckless spending and corruption that prevails!
It's time for a change!
I am, etc.,
J. WILCOX
St. Andrew
