Living and Crimes
Preventing Crimes in the City How do we address the problem of criminality? As of September 2012, according to the PNP, total crime rate is at 18%. It doesn't help to know that this is already a reduced rate from 22% in 2011. City living means citizens have to contend with everyday criminality like kidnapping, crimes committed by motorcycle riding individuals, bank and highway robberies, carnapping, illegal gambling, crimes committed against environment protection, human trafficking, smuggling, prostitution and many more. In all of these criminality, it would definitely help if there is consistent police visibility in our communities. Criminal offenders would think twice if there is constant law enforcement presence. All criminals shudder at the thought of getting caught. So seeing police cars on regular patrol in crime prone areas, criminals would perhaps think twice before committing a crime. The introduction of CCTVs or closed circuit TVs also in crime prone areas