Knife-wielding raiders terrorise households in Christmas burglary spree

These acts are horrendous, and I sympathise with the victims. However the acts sound very similar to an experience we had in Kambah, March 2020 and again March 2021. Could this be the same group of criminals? In 2020 these a**holes broke into our granny flat, stole handbags, keys wallets while we were sleeping, then stole our car to use as transport of the further homes they robbed. Our car was found later that day , totally written off after a joy ride, and most of the stolen goods in the car!! A similar experience 12 months later!! While no knives were seen, I can’t help but think these cash seeking drug addics have evolved and should be removed. If our local government cannot support our police force with the funding needed to address these issues what good are they.

The ongoing rise of violent crimes in the ACT correlates with the failure of our legal system and the reprioritisation of the police towards enforcement of Covid restrictions rather than targeting major crime. The embarrassment of the law in Canberra is growing, with the police now not turning up to home burglaries, unable to dedicate officers towards investigating drug trafficking or organised crime groups, and now failing to protect average Canberrans against violent threats during the holiday season. Our politicians need to fix this, and urgently – if they don’t then people will start to take the law back into their own hands.

If criminals, thugs and other low life, who come from a few well known Canberra families, know that police are no longer attending burglaries then they will escalate their activities. Is that not obvious? No police, more crime. Contributing to the rise in criminality are the Greens and their efforts to raise the age of criminal responsibility. We pay rates and taxes for government services, particularly for police protection, which is no longer being effectively provided. The Greens/Labor state is breaking this social contract and all you who voted for this mob share responsibility for their incompetence and mismanagement.

Muppets need some reminder of civility. Time out of society will do everyone some good.

This is becoming the norm. If someone threatens another with a knife, isn’t that attempted murder in which case the person being threatened is entitled to defend themselves?

Apparently not.

The only way the police will take stronger action is if one of the victims is a member of the judiciary or a politician.

Have the Police actually gone out to any of these sites yet?