...that there is a difference between printing an article every few months that says "crime is increasing in Doha", and readers seeing a new story (or two or three) EVERY DAY about someone who had their house broken into, or their car vandalized, or been assaulted as they walked home at night.
By not publicizing more specific events as they happen, it IS kind of glossing over the issue. Clearly they can't write a story on every single incident, but the more serious crimes should certainly merit a small snippet in the papers (both the English and Arabic press, I would add, as it seems many things don't get published in both).
I would add, on a personal note, much as cynbob said above, that police and judicial follow-through here could use some serious improvement. A hit and run accident that I was the victim of years ago took almost 2 years to get resolved (have a verdict handed down), and to this day, I still have not seen any of the money that I was awarded by the court from the guilty party, nor to my knowledge was he ever given ANY penalty (fined, points on his license, jail time, etc.) for leaving the scene of the crime nor showing up to any court dates.
It's stuff like this that just adds insult to injury when you're already dealing with a traumatic situation. I hope the police have improved their game and that novita has a better experience than what most report.
...that there is a difference between printing an article every few months that says "crime is increasing in Doha", and readers seeing a new story (or two or three) EVERY DAY about someone who had their house broken into, or their car vandalized, or been assaulted as they walked home at night.
By not publicizing more specific events as they happen, it IS kind of glossing over the issue. Clearly they can't write a story on every single incident, but the more serious crimes should certainly merit a small snippet in the papers (both the English and Arabic press, I would add, as it seems many things don't get published in both).
I would add, on a personal note, much as cynbob said above, that police and judicial follow-through here could use some serious improvement. A hit and run accident that I was the victim of years ago took almost 2 years to get resolved (have a verdict handed down), and to this day, I still have not seen any of the money that I was awarded by the court from the guilty party, nor to my knowledge was he ever given ANY penalty (fined, points on his license, jail time, etc.) for leaving the scene of the crime nor showing up to any court dates.
It's stuff like this that just adds insult to injury when you're already dealing with a traumatic situation. I hope the police have improved their game and that novita has a better experience than what most report.