Get away with anything on STJ?

[JT]

STJ is still one of the safest places in the Caribbean, but the statistics seem to be pretty screwy according to an article in this weeks' STJ Tradewinds.[www.stjtradewindsnews.com] Nobody really gets arrested for much of anything. The piece gives the following reported 2006 crimes and arrests:

Crimes
125 Burglaries 0 arrests
4 armed robberies 0 arrests
77 grand larcenies 1 arrest
3 arsons 0 arrests
3 rapes 2 arrests
5 shootings 0 arrests
1 stabbing 0 arrests

When I was down there a couple months ago a guy broke into Skinny's,broke into the art shop back by the horseshoe pits, caught on video tape, everybody knew him and the police would not arrest him. A couple of days later, Island Blues was broken into, had their whole safe stolen and was vandalized. The police came and just chastised Blues' management for not having a camera and said there wasn't really much they could do. I love the place and the laid back attitude, but I think that the police are just flat out lazy!

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[suzi]

Pia- What is your take on this?

[Teresa_Rae]

Did you also see that an elderly couple was attacked? It's pathetic.

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