Agreed Richard, but the scenarios in which governments should be reacting have been with us for many years. Our law enforcement system fails miserably each and every day. It is not law enforcement at fault.Their hands are tied by government and a justice system that fails to enact punishment to the criminal element. There is no incentive for discontinuing criminal activities when a hand slap and release back on to the streets has become the norm.
Case in point (and I will try to make this as brief as possible)
Last year a truckload of garbage was dumped in my grain field access. Included was a letter from an individual jailed in the edmonton remand center to his gf. Another letter verifying his gf had been incarcerated for a period of time. A receipt from a pawn shop where she had pawned gold jewelry (including her phone number and address).Upon calling our RCMP detachment and giving them both persons names, explaining the letters, etc. I was told that they weren't interested and to call my local county bylaw dept. Nothing was done which didn't surprise me but then I heard on the news that the fellow who had been in remand (I remembered his name) was arrested a few weeks later for robbing a local corner store and he was known to the RCMP and had 7 outstanding warrants for his arrest. I thought... woohoo... what goes around comes around.... Now for the Whaaaaaa???? part..... Two months after that, there was a car jacking at one of or shopping malls where the perpetrator dragged the woman out of her car and took off... they caught him in a town a few miles away and lo and behold.... It was the same guy.... errrr.... Now run the clock ahead five more months... An assault and theft at a liquor store in Red Deer and after a chase, they arrested the culprit... Yup.... you guessed it... Same guy.... Suffice to say, that totally dissolved any faith I may have had in our justice system whatsoever. Someday, this repeat offender will rob someones house and find a gun. Then he will use it and possibly kill an innocent person and being the ever forgiving and polite Canadians we are, people will say "how did this happen"... I for one know now exactly how this happened.... There are many countries in the world that do not tolerate crime against people and their penalties are severe enough to adequately deter the criminal element. Perhaps we should consider revamping our thoughts on this as well... but then again... that's not the Canadian way...
There. My rant is over as well and I must apologize... Day 4 seems to be taking it's toll...lol... Where's my bourbon....
