In The Sunday Gleaner of December 2, a full page ad was taken out by the Jamaica Constabulary Force, offering $12 million reward for Jamaica's 12 most wanted. Of the 12, only two pictures were shown.

How on God's earth do we expect this method to work? What are we saying, that of the ten most wanted, we don't have a picture of them, not even a sketch?

My suggestion is to give two students from the Edna Manley School for the Visual and Performing Arts employment in the JCF. Their sole job function would be to get sketches of criminals. These sketches would be posted at all public places (post offices, airports, parks, etc.,) so the public could see a face. We need to expose these criminals; that is the only way the public can help. Do we really want to catch these criminals, or is this just a front? We must expose them, every way possible.

- Andy Gray, andieg2002@yahoo.com, Kingston.

The killing of policemen must be met with a zero tolerance response. A very strong and clear signal must be sent to criminals, who have no respect for the law, who stoop to killing those sworn to protect and serve us.

Here in the U.S., any killing of a cop is met with an all-out response of choppers, K-9s, SWAT teams and just an all-out lockdown of the neighbourhood, and the rounding up of all known criminals.

This has proven to be very effective as there are very few unsolved cop killings here, and, indeed, few to begin with anyway.

- Allan Robinson, wvant@yahoo.com, Tampa, FL

Why is Jamaica paying so much for foreign police officers to help us cut down on the massively high crime rate? It seems to be getting higher and higher each day. Why are they still there? They are paid higher wages than our own for doing what seems like nothing.

Something seriously needs to be done about the dangerously high crime rate because if it is left to continue our beloved Jamaica is going to pay the price.