Seychelles Faces Crime Wave!

Recently there has been a surge in crime in the Seychelles. The most shocking incident was the brutal murder of Damien Morel. The details of this murder are side stepped in respect to her memory and her family.Daily now it seems, people are being hit on the road by drunk drivers, drunk bus drivers.Fraudsters lay down on the road, play dead, then when a Good Samaritan stops his car to assist, he is robbed by a gang that lay in wait for a victim.

At Tourist sites on Mahe, gangs with knives in hand, attack tourists, demand money, or cut.Purse snatchings in town and on beaches on Mahe is common. Only yesterday, on Praslin, a back pack was stolen from a visitor.We Have A Drug ProblemWhen a society has a  of violence combined with criminality, it is usually drug related. In Seychelles, we have a serious drug problem that has gone on too long with too little serious attention. Five years ago their was estimated 3,000 hard drug users in Seychelles. 15,000- 20,000 cannabis recreational users. Today we may well have 5,000 hard drug users but the authorities are not coming clean with the numbers. We have in jail near 1,000 men and about 75 women.Police Have Lost It!The Police under the leadership of Joel Morgan have simply lost it. Commissioner Quarte is just tired, past retirement has he has turned into a Internal Affairs rubber ball. Most recently Morgan brought in a South African to be given title Assistant Commissioner of Police. Incredible, is it not. The fellow is trying. He visits people tries to get  a grip on the madness. But it is not his country, and it is not his problem. Crime is a Seychellois problem in Seychelles, it is up to Seychellois to solve the problem.

Morgan’s addiction to recruiting foreigners, first gurhkas, at least 150, then Irish, then South Africans, is exactly what is destroying the Seychelles Police professional cadre and moral.Hundreds and hundreds of Police have left the force. Many have gone into private security, hotel security, overseas, and the Seychelles Government has been too proud to renegotiate with these officers, who in most cases, loved their job, but hated the way they were treated.The Police of Seychelles, has a serious Human Resource Manpower managerial problem and I am shocked that the PL have not seen the problem in all this time. PL the problem is you. You mix politics with your policing. The Commissioner of Police must contravene the Constitution of Seychelles, not be independent and be a “Yes- man”. This is the root of the problem.Police Lack of EducationUnder Joel Morgan’s lording over the Police, a cadet is admitted into the force after Three (3) months training. What kind of Police do you get? A three (3) month baked cop. Pretty useless is it not? In most cases yes. insufficiently trained Police are a big problem as much as crime is a problem. They are rude, do not know how to write a Police Report, do not know how to drive a vehicle, but they deal with traffic infractions. What Morgan is doing, is creating a total mess in the Police Force.These three month baked cops get paid 5,200.00 entry level, minimum wage. It is a joke.What Morgan should do is train and educate Police to meet the challenges of today. This means Two year courses, Four year officer courses, higher pay to commensurate with the education, and build up the professional cadre to deal with a Seychelles that is much more sophisticated today then it was 25 years ago.Morgan may say that Two year courses are expensive.Well, Three month baked cops are more expensive than Two year well trained Police.While you are at it, careful you do not educate crazy people. Run tests on your cadets. We cannot afford a Police of nut bags, right Denousse, right Didon? I am sure you will agree with me while your balls freeze in Canada. At least you still have them.The choice is yours, beef up or burger about with a failing Force.Either way, we will get the results of your input.

Sesel Pou Seselwa!

May God Bless All Freedom Loving Seychellois!