Camping Accommodation fully booked over the Christmas
Period. Some Self
Catering Accommodation available in St. Lucia
Town.
St. Lucia and Security We had a very informative
meeting with Alpha Security Services this morning. The
long and the short of the story is that proactive security is
needed to safe lives. There is nothing wrong with reactive
security, but by adopting your security to suite your safety
many criminal actions against you can be avoided. This was
very informative and each individual has different needs, by
analyzing these needs many security risks can be
avoided. To keep in touch with these meetings send Petrus or get in
touch with Alpha Security Services on 082 945 7181. They
operate from Kosi to Balito.
Armed Robbery: Jo-A-Lise Holiday flats where robed on Saturday 18 November
2007. Luckily no body where injured although the ladies where badly
traumatized by this incident. We all feel their pain and it is
sad that no one feels safe at their work place any more. The
negative spin continues as confidence are lost in certain race group
as customers. St. Lucia and the surrounding communities are
totally dependant on the Tourism Industry. It is very difficult to
distinguish between races and criminals. Due to the lack of
proactive policing a tip off that where received about 6 weeks ago
this crime still took place. Lack of armed response probably saved
some lives. Good response from Alpha Security lead to the
arrests of four suspects and the other two are still at large.
St. Lucia is generally a very safe town with few criminal
activities taking place. During the year Day Watch does a great job
with their visible policing. Their friendly quick response solves
many of the crime. Car breakings and attempted high jacking have
been foiled by them during the year. This time off the year puts
lots of strain on security companies since crime increases
drastically. Since Day Watch is employed to do visible policing
and crime prevention it makes business sense to approach another
market leader to do proactive policing and panic response. What
is the difference one may ask. Day Watch is tasked to patrol the
streets and respond to call outs but they cannot monitor each
persons well being and protect individual properties. Armed
response is needed for families and people that need a reaction
service when a panic button is pressed. This is an added service
that is over and above the call out and response from the patrolling
vehicle. The company tasked with preventive policing can not
automatically be tasked for panic responses, since this is added
pressure on their resources. So when they need to respond on
personal alarms and panic call outs they need extra payment. Up
until recently St. Lucia only had one alarm and panic response
company to choose from. Current market trends has developed to such
an extend that more companies are approached to render this
service. New technology, proactive security systems and response
time will play a great role in dictating this growing market
segment.
