0 tolerance against crimes

[dimpy.handa]

Zero tolerance policing is extremely effective at reducing small-scale drug use and dealing by patrolling and arresting. By cutting off the dealer on the ground we can best target the businesses of big suppliers. Big busts have a minimal effect. Drug use is a huge cause of further crime. Pushing creates no go areas where criminal acts flourish. Addiction creates a need for money that can usually only be solved by theft.

 

[dimpy.handa]

Responding in record time to a rise in crime, the governor, police and business owners have come together in an unprecedented way to show the world they will not tolerate criminal activity on their islands.

The Royal Turks and Caicos Police Force, along with support from business owners and the community, have stepped up operations on Providenciales, and the results of these effort have been not only quick, but effective.

 

[swatiraohnlu]

The strategy is based on the 'Broken Windows' theory - first developed by two American academics, George Kelling and James Wilson, in 1983.

Reasoning that it is easier to prevent a neighbourhood's slide into crime than trying to rescue it, the theory demands that even minor misdemeanours must be pursued with the same vigour as serious crimes.