Strange yet predictable criminal behaviour

Dear Editor,
From mysterious fires to mysterious murders to Police getting caught in criminal activity, the list goes on. Then, who would have thought that the Police could have been on top to the perpetrators of these crimes, and we can be well on our way to having them solved?
Interesting! We have been left spellbound and utterly stunned by the fact that the Police could be on top of these matters in such a short period of time, and with deft skill. I make mention of the solving of the matter involving the shooting death of the young electrician. In less than 24 hours, the perpetrators could have been tracked down and killed.
The quick solving of that crime is, in my book, considered a commendable act; or was it? I ask the curt question, “Is this shooting of the criminals considered a commendable act”, as viewed by some on social media?
Listen to some of the comments made: “The actions of the Guyana Police (are) quite unfortunate”; “(Are) the Police sure that these are the perpetrators of the crime?”
Some even went to the extreme end to say, “How comes these two “innocent” boys could be considered the persons who shot the electrician, it does not add up.”
The second matter which I would like us to pay close attention to is the Brickdam Police Station fire and Clarence Greene’s confession statement. Again, we view the naïve statements of Facebook, “Why a confession statement, is this man Clarence Greene of a sound mind? “Can a prisoner be so intelligent as to do such a thing? This is certainly an Anancy Story or some All-Fools Day tale.”
None of these statements give any credit to the hard work done by the Police; they seek only to absolve the criminal of his crime.
Well, I have news for them: criminals are smart people – in my estimation the smartest of persons – the only difference from normal people is that the criminal’s skill is utilised for the wrong purposes. From my short span of existence, I have seen some criminal acts which can only be considered as miraculous. It seems sometimes there are no limitations to their thinking power.
It is strange that a criminal could make a public confession to a crime of such magnitude and not be considered a madman. From the perspective of some, this is madness, or even stupidity, on the part of the confessant. However, my point is: you do not know what is going through his criminal mind, and what led him to make the confession. What is pellucid is that he is not of an unsound mind, something I think our lawyer crime chief would have had tested at a psychiatric facility at the earliest opportunity.
So, some will say it is strange and fishy, I, on the other hand, say strange but predictable; criminal behaviour. It is not strange that a criminal could behave in an unorthodox fashion, because that’s who they are. If criminals act in the prescribed way some are suggesting, then they would not be criminals at all, but experts in their field. Their modus operandi is to beat the system as far as their criminal minds can afford them. Criminals are great thinkers.
And to those who are of the opinion that criminals must act in a “prescribed way,” They, too, would have their questions answered when this matter comes up in court. In the meantime, I say kudos to the GPF for a job well done.

Respectfully,
Neil Adams