Public servant ? Or private security?

The other day I was installing the window awning. I saw a ragged clothes man digging my neighbor's bin. Then he sat right outside of my property to eat whatever he found in the bin. I tried to chase him away. He ignored me. I then called the police. They said they were coming but no show at all. That ragged clothes man chucked whatever utensils into another neighbor's land before he walked away.

I told a friend who build his cabinet business here about it. He said whenever he unload his goods in the street, he had to pay Rs10,000 ~ Rs20,000 each time to the police. Then they will come to direct the traffic around the truck. His conclusion for all the public servant here is "bribe". Only money can give them incentive to work.

My friend came from China. And I came from HK. Although HK is part of China, we do have 2 different cultures. In HK, we have ICAC who really fight corruption. That's why people from HK and China has 2 different mentalities. I really don't agree with bribery. I also hate people pollute the environment. I thought Mauritius is a developed country. Why it keeps giving me the impression that is not?