Extremely weak police investigation and “skilled” criminal lawyers stymies crime fighting efforts

Jamaican criminal lawyers appears to be very good due  mainly to extremely poor investigation, crime scene protection and evidence gathering by the local Jamaican police force.

The end result of all of this means, many criminals who should be behind bars are walking the streets of  Jamaica ,having been freed in the Jamaican courts, to commit even more crimes.

The Minster of National Security and the Commissioner of Police, needs to step their efforts to recruit, train and retain a crack group of very skilled police investigators who can bring iron clad cases before the courts, thus making it  virtually impossible for these criminals to walk free.

The big stick approach by the cops serves only to harden criminals, turn the society against the cops and allow these lawyers to punch mega size holes in the few cases that actually makes it to the courts.

It is important that the issue of sterilization of the crime scene,  protection  and storage of the evidence gathered under sterile conditions as the need arise. It is very important that we address the issue of collection, transportation, storage and testing of human biological samples as well as any other evidence found at the scene of a crime.

Far too often members of the public can go to a crime scene and collect bloody clothes, shoes and even murder weapon (in some cases) long  after the police have “completed” their crime scene investigation, how on earth is this possible.

No amount of anti gang legislation, lotto scam legislation or any other legislation will bring about the desired results until we take steps to address the investigative part of policing .

We will see no significant decline in murders or will we be able to truly dismantle the many criminal networks in Jamaica until we address this issue and finally our top notch lawyers will have to work for their money vs running rings around our ill-prepared cops.

This I believe will reduce the number of police killings, increase murder conviction and create the climate where the public will begin to trust the cops and pass on information necessary to aid the crime fighting efforts.