In the grip of culture of death Police Commission Gary Griffith - Jeff K. Mayers THE EDITOR: A major election platform promise made by the various political parties which have occupied the corridors of power in our country was to solve the crime problem. However, in spite of the best efforts of the present administration, citizens are still living in fear. So it must be asked: How much is being done with the tangible resources provided to arrest the fears of law-abiding citizens when so many crimes go unresolved? The low rate of detection exists because the perpetrators of these heinous crimes are always one step ahead of the police. As such, any gains claimed to have been made by the police, such as last year’s 50 per cent reduction in shootings and woundings as compared to the previous year, did not translate to a 50 per cent reduction in homicides, as pointed out by Police Commission Gary Griffith in a media conference on May 18, 2020, nearly one year ago.