“Now, the attorney general should have aligned his resources a little bit better to meet the challenges faced by the various court decisions and the changes to the criminal code. “How many vehicles have they stolen the last time they were in court? How many victims have they taken advantage of since the last time they were in court and how many court orders have they disobeyed since the last time they were in court? The judge needs to hear that.”
He called this move shear window-dressing and what is most needed is for prosecutors to ensure the judges are seized with the information on just how bad some of the prolific offenders are. The last recommendation that raised eyebrows in Morris was that a Retail/Business Liason added to each police force. “We have a problem here that needs to be addressed,” added Morris. “Prolific offender is the only term that we should be able to apply to these folks that continually come through the doors after coming in contact with police for prohibited weapons, bullet-proof vests and stealing vehicle after vehicle ignoring all the court orders and conditions.” In addition, Morris stated he is also not in agreement that the term “prolific offender” should be scrapped by all police and government agencies. “They will do everything that they can to convince a prosecutor or court that they are suffering from these inflictions as well even though they may not be so that they can get back on the street and continue trafficking drugs and taking advantage of vulnerable people again.” Morris is of the belief it’s more than likely some of these prolific offenders will play the system in order to get out of custody and re-offend.
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