Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Crime Fix

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THERE’S NO QUICK FIX to the crime situation in Barbados.

Former Commissioner of Police Orville Durant, who has been credited with making revolutionary changes in the Royal Barbados Police Force, said it was time that a clearly articulated crime prevention policy was established.

“One that would tell us what is primary prevention, what is secondary prevention and what is tertiary prevention,” he told the WEEKEND NATION yesterday.

“We need to develop a policy which deals effectively with crime. It can’t be a quick fix, but it would break the cycle of delinquency which crops up every two to three years,” the former top cop added. (TS)

Please read the full story in today’s Weekend Nation, or in the eNATION edition.

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