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Contact: Shannon Lebourne

 

Tuesday, January 26, 2010  Home Affairs and National Security Minister Senator the Honourable Guy Mayers,  is giving the assurance that government will continue to pump resources into the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force to combat crime more effectively.

 

His comments come as the country continues to grapple with a high rate of violent crimes, particularly in the capital Castries.

 

Since the start of this year, four citizens have been killed as a result of crime.

 

Minister Mayers says criminals who continue to show little or no respect for law and order in Saint Lucia will be stopped by law enforcement.

 

“The safety of our citizens and visitors to our island is the number one priority of the government. We cannot continue to gamble with the security of the state. We must ensure that we put the necessary resources behind the law enforcement officials—both human and hardware—in order to make Saint Lucia safe,” Mr. Mayers said.

 

On Tuesday, 26th of January,   minister Mayers held the latest in a series of strategic meetings with the Ministry of Justice which is responsible for the new state-of-the art forensic lab.

 

Senator Mayers says he will continue to forge such collaboration with various ministries and government departments in an effort to address the crime situation.

 

He says developing appropriate social programs targeted at would-be criminals is another top priority.

 

“We are starting the year on a note of concern because of some of the incidents that have taken place during the past few weeks. A lot of the crimes that are taking place, particularly the murders, happen to have both victims and perpetrators being young people. We have to work together to put in place appropriate prevention programmes for these young people; we have quite a lot of work to do.”

 

However, Minister Mayers says law enforcement will not rest until criminal elements are brought to Justice.

 

He has also expressed optimism that the recently opened forensic laboratory will assist tremendously in putting lawless criminals behind bars.


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