Vigilante Businessmen Fight Crime on the Streets of Papua New Guinea

Rabaul Cops (2008): The police have given up on tackling crime in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, but several locals have armed themselves and taken up the fight. Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures For similar stories, see: Violence In Paradise: Police Brutality In Papua New Guinea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyomHV8QOrQ The Australian Carpenter Saving Women In PNG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQrtD53fENw Papua New Guinea Has An Air Safety Problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sdUerLmrsg With no handcuffs, diesel for police cars or stationery to write reports, Rabaul s police are ill-equipped, even by Papua New Guinea standards. But local businessmen have had enough: they ve enlisted as reservists and taken up arms. Virtually every business has been hit by the so-called rascal gangs. "We were hearing of people being stabbed in the street and stores getting broken into," states shipping manager Adam Butler. Under equipped and demoralised, the police have thrown in the towel. "They don t really give a damn any more" complains Bruce Alexander. So locals have taken the law into their own hands. Every Friday and Saturday, they put on uniforms and collect their weapons for another night patrolling the town. "In the last six months, we ve taken out just about all of the top ten criminals in Rabaul," boasts one. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/film/3853 ABC Australia – Ref. 3853 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world s most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world s top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you ll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.