Cayman Islands: Crime Increase Prompts Government to Call in the Brits

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | April 28th, 2010 | Trackback

The crime rate here is low compared to many Caribbean islands, but it has increased enough to prompt authorities to bring in British police to bolster the local force and clamp down on violent gangs. The British territory of 55,000 people has had five murders, a kidnapping, armed robberies and shootings this year. Officials plan to employ the 14 British investigators on murder inquiries and gang-related crime, and to increase police visibility, authorities canceled local officers’ vacations and rest days and put them on 12-hour shifts.

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