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| Big dance at Grants Pen Road in Kingston, after 2:00 am |
I have commended the Commissioner of Police and his staff for reducing murders in this country, but Mr Commissioner, there are other crimes to be dealt with. Having parties beyond a certain time at decibels that disturb the neighbourhood is one such crime.
Residents from Grants Pen in Kingston and surrounding areas say that calling 119 when those sound systems are blasting through the night is of no help. When they call 119, a patrol car passes through, and within an hour, the music is blasting in everyone's ear again.
The noise is affecting the elderly and others up to two miles away. Residents have come to the conclusion that police officers are benefiting from these dancers; therefore, they will allow them to continue. If this is so, then this is another form of corruption which the Integrity Commission will not talk about.
The areas that the noise is affecting are:
- Upper Waterloo
- Drumblair
- Acadia/Wickham Ave
- Constant Spring Rd to Merle Grove High
- Grants Pen Avenue.
The following are the possible impacts of loud noise on people:
- Less sleeping time can lead to stress and people being moody, especially at work.
- Less sleeping time for students will negatively impact their ability to concentrate in the classroom.
- People's hearing can be affected due to the intolerable decibels.
- I have no doubt that the loud noise can permanently affect the personality and hearing of young babies.
- Depriving the elderly of sleep can result in the worsening of their mental capacity. Could this result in early dementia?
People should be able to go to their beds and wake up feeling fresh for another day's work. The behaviour of our people on the road and our children in school may have something to do with the lack of sleep resulting from these boom boxes blasting in their ears at all hours of the night.
What kind of nation are we building where young people buck the volume control of the sound system at 2:00 am, block off the streets, smoke ganja, drink energy drinks, wind up pan one anneda and have out dem lot?
I expect the Prime Minister to make his position clear on this matter. The Commission of Police must give clear directions to its offices about dealing with this matter. The police officers at the nearby police stations must take action. Crime will rule supreme where indiscipline is the order of the day.
Noise pollution is a very serious matter that is now a national challenge. A copy of this blog will be sent to the PM, the Commissioner of Police, and the member of parliament.
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Noise coming for dance, cars, buses and bikes is an ongoing issue. It would appear that those who govern and the security forces do not know how to manage the situation.
ReplyDeleteAdd Barbican to the list. Our latest response from the police when there was a party on the roof of a high rise building was that they had a permit.🤷🏾♂️. In the square, it's constant esp.on weekends
ReplyDeleteI live 2 miles away. My family cannot sleep on Sundays. I have 9th and 11 graders. Sunday, 19th was horrible, it started 6.30 pm to after 4 am. This is EVERY Sunday. It needs to stop. This is a venue for Boom Sundays
ReplyDeleteI lose a job in 2024. I was reaching work late many Mondays because of no sleep.My friend was fired for sleeping on the job. A hell we go through on Sundays.
ReplyDeleteMy 85 year old husband has cancer and is cannot walk. Sleep is not possible on Sundays for us.We keep on losing his caregivers because of noise issue. He is a retired professional . We live by Acadia / Wickham Ave. 119 cannot help. We bought our home in the 80s and thevlastv8 years have been unpleasant
ReplyDeleteJah know, mi glad this get write up. Mi live dung a di bottom a di road and build mi little house.. 20 years now. Last 8 years a hell. Mi pikney them and mi can't sleep Sunday night . Mi son a tief out go the dance. We haffi keep quiet because it dangerous to talk. Another one start every nite all 11 a clock bout november.. a morgan lane dem no play Sunday . Miss cotterel nah help. Mi boss want fire mi when mi come late on Monday but mi a good carpenter so him na let mi go. We poor down de but we have honest man who want them pikney prosper. Mi gal pikney dem go tek in school but the every night a mash it up now. Mi can leave because mi build mi house and no have no way to go.
ReplyDeleteI work in the legal field. This matter is close to me and I have been considering petitioning for this dance and venue to be closed down. It's close to me as my children's nanny comes from that area and I see how tired she is on Mondays. She has mentioned another one every night now. I live in the Kingsway/ Devon Road community and there are many occasions we can hear the Boom dance at all hours. Secondly, I am greatly affected when the Ranny Williams Centre is used as a venue. This is in front of a hospital.! . What are the authorities doing here? How can the the Grant's Pen community cope with a dance every Sunday, not once per month. How can the station grant a permit up to 4 am , worse on a Sunday night. What's happening to our children and elderly who live in the community? The authorities are abusing their power.
ReplyDeleteIt shows a need for zoning and also that building development is ignoring the need for entertainment areas. They cannot be so near to residential communities.
Stop the use of this venue.
ReplyDeleteStop the dances.
Why do I hear them as far away as Gore Terrace. Why do they get permission for every Sunday night and to 4am and beyond?
Special privileges!
Stop the dance. Stop using a street as a venue. I live on Grant's Pen Ave and hate Sundays. This is an avenue that thousands live on because there are lanes off the road where hundreds of people live. Add it up and you have thousands and the authorities violate us by using the actual road as a venue all night.
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