-The Anniversary Broth: Too many (new) cooks?
Some years ago my column containing some of the following sentiments was titled, in part-creole, `Aftuh Gawd, is Police!’
The expression meant that no matter how the working-class society disparage the police service, whenever there was imminent or present criminal danger, after soliciting divine assistance from their heavenly creator (God) folks swiftly sought recourse to police expertise and personnel.
These days the rotten portion of our GPF attracts justifiably rigid media scrutiny, the ire and distrust of the society they once pledged to serve and protect. The rotten rogues could be of varied categories, Frankly Speaking. I recall now Ombudsman Winston Moore whilst once prosecuting a case in the Magistrates Court opining just how some young men choose the force as recruits just to plan and execute “runnings” against civilians when they hit the streets as