National Security Ministry moves to address lifeguards' concerns
FILE PHOTO: Lifeguards on duty at Maracas Bay last December. - ROGER JACOB
After complaints by lifeguards about inadequate resources and manpower, the Ministry of National Security said it is working with the Lifeguard Services Division (LSD) to address concerns and make TT beaches safer.
The ministry, in a statement on Sunday, said some of its senior management team and the LSD have been meeting over the past several months with the aim of bringing about reasonable and cost-effective resolutions to matters affecting lifeguards.
Lifeguards who had, before the Easter long weekend, asked for resources to properly secure the country's beaches, increased their demands after two people drowned. Lifeguards had asked for vehicles to patrol the long stretch of beach in Mayaro and Guayaguayare.