Letter to the Prime Minister

Dear Prime Minister:

My name is [student name] and I am tired of seeing our young people die day after day. After the devastating deaths of Jasmine Lowe, Suzenne Martinez and other people, criminal activity in Belize has not DECREASED; families are being destroyed, lives are ending and homicides are increasing. Children are afraid of going out at night. Belize is a dangerous place. We need to stop crime in Belize PERMANENTLY. Here are some ideas of how we could improve the situation:

1. Get police officers in every gang infested area
2. Get little kids off the street without hesitation
3. Put cameras on every street light post for evidence
4. send police officers undercover to infiltrate gangs and bring down leaders
5. we should officers in every high crime populated area patrolling day and night.

So I thought these rules could maybe help Belize be a better and safer place for locals and tourists.

Respectfully,
[student name]

Letter to the Prime Minister

Dear Hon. Dean Barrow:

I am [student name] and I’m [age]. I attend St. Andrews Anglican School and I’m in [class]. I have suggestions on how you can treat the crime problem in Belize:

1. We need more police officers, and the only way to get more officers is to educate the people who want to serve and protect their community. If we don’t educate the police officers, they won’t be able to get clues from the crime scene; they would be practically walking over potential clues that can lead to more clues.
2. We need to get people who are willing to do the job, not only for the money. We need people who love their job and won’t stop fighting crime until the problem is over. There have been a lot of crimes and only a few have been solved.
3. We need better jails that train and support prisoners.

I’m sure that there are many more ways to change Belize, but please consider these three.

Respectfully,
[student name]

Letter to the Prime Minister

Dear Hon. Dean Barrow:

My name is [student name] and I am [age]. I attend St. Andrew’s Anglican School in San Ignacio Town and I’m in [class]. I’ve been living in San Ignacio for 7 years now and I`ve seen many people being killed and lots of families cry for their departed ones. Crime has affected this town and we want it to stop. I have some suggestions to stop crime:

1. Maybe, a video camera can be placed on every lamp post. When someone commits a crime the video can then be checked so that the criminal may be caught.
2. Another suggestion is that a wall should be built around the border so outsiders would not be able to come into Belize illegally. This will reduce the amount of weapons in Belize from Guatemala.
3. The country should purchase a lie detector and then purchase other supplies. I know it is not cheap, but that's how Belize will become a safer place.

Thank you very much for helping to make Belize a better place. I look forward to a response.

Sincerely,
[student name]

Letter to the Prime Minister

Dear Hon. Dean Barrow:

My name is [student name] and I am [age]. I’m in [class] and I’m attending St. Andrew’s Anglican school. I’ve noticed that crime is getting worse in this country. Last year a thief jumped across my backyard fence running from the police but luckily they caught him. Since then, I don’t feel safe in my neighborhood and in my country. In order to help fix the crime situation, we need to get more:

1. police in San Ignacio town
2. honest and nice police officers
3. vehicles - so the police can reach the crime scene quicker.
4. money - to buy better vehicles
5. strict - bring back hanging, so other criminals could see what would happen to them.

I know you can get the job done.

Respectfully,
[student name]

Letter to the Prime Minister

Dear Hon. Dean Barrow:

My name is [student name] and I am [age]. I attend St. Andrew’s Anglican School. I am in [class]. I have noticed that the crime rate have been increasing in Belize. We have no limits in our country. I believe this is due to lack of discipline.

We have been seeing police smoking in their uniforms. They have also been charging people unfairly. We should be ashamed, especially with all the tourists visiting our country. Even their vehicles are in no condition to drive anymore. They have been charging people for blown indicator or brake lights while their vehicles are no better. No police are willing to sit in the front passenger seat because the front door is broken; if you cross a speed bump the door will fly open.

We need better service in our town. Some of the police even abuse drugs.I believe that is wrong because we the people look up to them. They should show a better example for us. I believe that you can help us. I am proud of you.

Sincerely,
[student name]

Reason for Discretion

The following set of submissions will not disclose individual students' names, ages or classes. As the content may be offensive to certain perpetrators with power. I believe the message must be heard and hopefully will reach the intended listener. 

CRIME IN SAN IGNACIO by Seleny Jimenez (6th Grader)

There is too much violence in my district. I am tired of men killing young girls like me. I get mad when I hear that girls are kidnapped on their way home. How can girls just disappear? Then parents get worried when night comes and their daughters haven’t come home.

Parents would then go and report that their child is missing. Then our police would start their investigation. They usually spend a lot of days looking for girls. The police will eventually find a dead body of a young girl. Then they’ll inform parents about their discovery.

After hearing the bad news, the parents will start crying with broken hearts. They raised their child from the day she was born and now she’s gone. Someone please stop the crime in San Ignacio. Please help young girls like me.