As we always seem to follow various tourist tragedies...
it begs the question of the role of the country’s police.
Some of us have been talking off the record about this.... not on DR1
Whether lost, hurt, falling off balconies , robbed...
There is a variety of tourist related incidents.... some casual, some severe
Recently, there was some carping about the police not doing enough...being incapable... etc
in a search for missing persons.
My question is... what priority should these tourist accidents be given?
Is it the country’s police job to help drunks, wanderers, and such find their way?
Much of the problem is self inflicted by the tourists themselves.
Balcony drunks, driving drunks....whose responsibility is it to police them?
Personally, as a former resident and now citizen, I would prefer to see them serve and protect the country rather than the visitors.
Maybe the advice we all scorn.... DON’T LEAVE THE COMPOUND.... is actually good advice.
Rep Dom has enough internal issues without caring for the casual visitor who seemingly breaks all the rules consistently.....
The costs much be huge for a force that hasn’t enough money to begin with.
When these visitors are harmed by locals.... OK... have at it.
Catch the perpetrators and punish them.
But the self inflicted stupidity seems to be the more common problem.
it begs the question of the role of the country’s police.
Some of us have been talking off the record about this.... not on DR1
Whether lost, hurt, falling off balconies , robbed...
There is a variety of tourist related incidents.... some casual, some severe
Recently, there was some carping about the police not doing enough...being incapable... etc
in a search for missing persons.
My question is... what priority should these tourist accidents be given?
Is it the country’s police job to help drunks, wanderers, and such find their way?
Much of the problem is self inflicted by the tourists themselves.
Balcony drunks, driving drunks....whose responsibility is it to police them?
Personally, as a former resident and now citizen, I would prefer to see them serve and protect the country rather than the visitors.
Maybe the advice we all scorn.... DON’T LEAVE THE COMPOUND.... is actually good advice.
Rep Dom has enough internal issues without caring for the casual visitor who seemingly breaks all the rules consistently.....
The costs much be huge for a force that hasn’t enough money to begin with.
When these visitors are harmed by locals.... OK... have at it.
Catch the perpetrators and punish them.
But the self inflicted stupidity seems to be the more common problem.