Prime Minister Mia Mottley is urging Barbadians to give the Government and police time to deal with the worrisome crime situation on the island which she says needs societal support.“This is a battle that is going to require the entire cooperation and effort of the majority of Barbadians, and not in a week, or a month or even a year. It is going to have to be sustained, because whether we like it or not guns don’t walk and talk on their own, do they?”Mottley said even though several initiatives had already been implemented and others were in the works, they would not produce results overnight.Last month the Prime Minister revealed that additional courts and judges would be added to help reduce the backlog of criminal cases.Additionally, she said amendments to the Firearms Act, hiring much-needed police and community officers and the appointment of Corey Lane as Minister of State in the Attorney General’s Office with responsibility for Crime Prevention, were all aimed at arresting the crime situation.
