St. Maarten Private Eye

police presence on a road control is nontheless police presence. of course you are not going to stop major crimes concurrently with the controls, but you may be taking off the road individuals who could have potentially commited crimes in the future. the ones that are likely to disobey the law in a most dramatic way, will probably care little about stuff like seatbelts etc. the more illegals that are put away, the less numbers of people you have with desire to make a quick easy illegal dollar.
Of course that's not all illegals, but it;s like that saying. Not all muslims are terrorists, but the vast majority of terrorists are muslims. it's just true. Not all jamaicans/dominicans etc commit crime, but a LOT of crimes are commited by that group. is the st.maarten man also not capable of crime...of course he is, but let's just look at the facts, the fast majority of crimes commited on the island by locals are petty drug related, even when it amounts to murder, it often boils down to disputes between drug pushers , deals gone bad, and the affiliates are often then NON-locals. So eliminatng them also cuts down on the availability of crimes by locals as well. in any case, the controls will help to stop robberies and assualts, check the crime rate about 3-4 months down the line (assuming these controls DO continue at the rate they are goin)
lots of thieves are already taking notice. that's for sure.