A cautionary tale, especially for returners

[negril#1fan]

Nobody is protecting the property... Its been named over and over on this thread..... As many regulars have mentioned, this type of thing has happened far too frequently to many we know personally, its time for a solution... and the solution is not to baracade yourself in your room, not to walk down the beach after dark, not to drive your scooter on the road at night, not to leave every valuable u own at home....

I say hire an armed off duty police officer to protect guests/property at night. I say like mentioned before, u could catch these guys in a sting so easy, do it..... Let the public know when it works...

Robbing people while they are in their room, robbing people walking down the beach, robbing people walking along the road during the day, robbing people while on their scooter, all with weapons is a bunch of crap and needs a serious effort to stop it...

[Kahuna3]

I say hire an armed off duty police officer to protect guests/property at night. I say like mentioned before, u could catch these guys in a sting so easy, do it..... Let the public know when it works...

Exactly my point. You can hire more and more security - many of them fall asleep in the middle of the night anyway - you can install door alarms, you can barricade yourself in your room, you can do all that you listed, but the tiefs will still be out and about and scoring.

So, to keep doing what you are doing and to expect different results is simply idiotic.

Nail the SOBs! Catch them in stings and display them in public. Kick their arses around Redground. Post their pictures on line and on Telephone poles and humiliate them. Put them in a cage in the back of a pick up and drive them around town with speakers blaring. Throw them in jail. A Jamaican jail is a very effective deterrent.

Other thieves and would-be thieves would see this. If they know about stings and think they may sneak into a room that has a cop with a gun waiting inside they will be deterred. (In fact, they would probably be shot.) Remember, they are cowards.

[negril#1fan]

I"m with ya..... Have a female undercover officer walk down the beach at night alone..... Have a undercover officer walk down the street with some bling during the day.... Have an undercover officer ride a scooter along the west end road, late at night.... Have an undercover officer stay in a room with a lot of stuff displayed..... Have an undercover officer flag down an unregistered taxi....

These crimes aren't being committed against newbies looking for drugs, prostitution, whatever, these aren't people lurking around where they shouldn't be.... Normal folks tying to enjoy vacation.... On the beach, in their villa, on their scooter, walking along the road....