The man in charge of the Barbados Police Service (BPS) has admitted that recent brazen shootings have forced lawmen to readjust their crime fighting strategies and assured the new approach will arrest the worrying situation.On Thursday evening, almost 11 hours after the latest incident in which a man drove next to a minibus at the traffic lights in Eagle Hall, St Michael and shot into the public service vehicle, injuring one man, Acting Commissioner of Police Erwin Boyce told a hastily-called press conference that despite the best efforts of law enforcers, gun violence was continuing.At the same time, however, he gave the assurance that lawmen had the situation under control and that the troublemakers and their associates would be targeted.“We have noticed that, notwithstanding our efforts, we remain confronted with the scourge of gun violence and the use of firearms, in particular, within recent times. We have seen young men embracing very rogue behaviours and we have seen the loss of young lives, damage to vehicles and residences, injuries to persons and in some instances, an increase in the fear of peaceful members of communities,” the top cop said.
