Crime may not be fully eliminated but can be curbed or cases reduced if the right tools and measures are put in place, according to Police/FILE
Unfortunately, the two suspects had used a middle man to hire the car for one week, during which they were to carry numerous breaking, within Nairobi high-end areas.
“The well-known middle man (to the hiring firm) gives details of his ‘clients’ whom we found out were the criminals,” the officer explained.
The trailing leads police to one of the suspect’s home in Tassia area in Embakasi whom they arrest together with his accomplice.
Two hundred and sixty assorted ‘master-keys’ are recovered during the incident, pliers among other breaking tools.
The two suspects are currently on a Sh500,000 bond.
It is just an example of a success story of police using technology to track down criminals but some people feel more needs to be done, for the war on crime to be won.
Capital FM News decided to randomly interview members of the public, on whether the perceived drop in cases of crime in Nairobi is attributed to adoption of modern technology by the National Police Service.
“It’s either police ignore some cases since people are still being killed even where the CCTV’s are mounted or they are not working,” George Ouma, a resident of the city says.
Another says that, “more needs to be done. It can only have a positive impact if police successfully arrest criminals and recover the stolen items. Police should even stop it from happening if at all the CCTV cameras are working.”
According to Griffin Luke Awino, “Guys tend to fear engaging in criminal activities because of the fear of being caught on camera but unfortunately no case of criminal act has been successfully handled by the authority after viewing the clips. It (the CCTV’s) has done little; they are just like trophies – white elephant project.”
Sheillah Ngetich, a resident of Kericho County says that, “it is true crime has drastically reduced but the government needs to invest more in the sector. The CCTV’s are only in a few areas. Majority of Kenyans also don’t have them in their residences.”
“A place like Kimathi Street-Jamia Mosque-Nation Centre area used to have serious day light robberies which have reduced. Not sure whether it is CCTV or more cops,” a resident of Nairobi, who did want to be named stated.
Police are also yet to arrest the killers of controversial businessman Jacob Juma despite retrieving crucial data from CCTV cameras mounted in some of the routes he used on the fateful day.
Technology is a necessity that no security apparatus can work without in a modern society where every bit of life has become sophisticated.
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