Crime remains unacceptably high. To date, no one has been arrested or charged for major fraud, despite the administration being in office for almost ten months, fueling a perception of all talk and no action.
At the same time, drugs are scarce on the market, intensifying gang rivalries and turf wars over limited supply, which is directly contributing to violent crime.
Public confidence continues to erode as citizens feel unsafe in their homes and reluctant to go out at night.
What is urgently required is decisive, visible, and intelligence driven policing: sustained operations in known hotspots, lawful disruption of gang activity, faster investigations, and clear results.
Until communities see consistent enforcement and accountability, fear will persist and the sense of normalcy will not return.
Gordon Laughlin,
Westmoorings
