Jeg ser lige at i Vancouver, Canada regner man med der er 135 bander, - og
450 bandemedlemmer er blevet skudt ned de sidste 10 år. Vi har noget at leve
op til
That they do so in broad daylight demonstrates the feckless response of the
provincial government and police, despite reports dating back more than 30
years giving warning of the growth in organised crime. Rob Gordon, a
criminologist at Simon Fraser University, says attempts at creating an
agency to curb the gangs have repeatedly failed. Two such agencies have been
disbanded since 1998 because of conflicts among the various participating
police forces. The current effort at collaboration, led by the Mounties, is
also "riven with conflict", he says.
Despite great public concern over crime, it got little attention in the
election. Mr Campbell's Liberals and the opposition New Democrats promised
more police and prosecutors. But neither, says Mr Gordon, appeared to have a
long-term strategy to control organised crime.
Despite some recent high-profile arrests of gangsters, Vancouver's local
police admit they are not winning the war. They complain of having fewer
officers per head of population than other big Canadian cities. The
provincial government is planning a C$20m cut in annual spending on police
and the courts by 2012. The gangsters, by contrast, are well funded and have
little trouble replacing those lost in shoot-outs.
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