As he prepares the agenda for his “national consultations on crime,” I respectfully urge Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to draw up a national emergency plan to decrease our skyrocketing murder rate while increasing the detection rate. Together with this priority, Dr Rowley is well advised, given previous “national consultations,” to present a tentative, multi-sectoral
MINISTER of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds urged people to reduce their levels of violent confrontation and instead seek peaceful ways to resolve their perceived conflicts, talking to Newsday on Sunday, against a rising murder toll heading towards year-end. Last Friday, December 16, the murder toll stood at 577. Last Friday acting Commissioner of Police Erla
Police and Morvant residents have put forward conflicting accounts of what led to the police-involved killing of two men on Tuesday morning. Police said officers of the North Eastern Division visited Petunia Avenue, off Coconut Drive, Morvant, at around 11.40 am and began an anti-crime exercise, searching a number of houses. On entering one house
EVER SINCE serious concerns were raised at a parliamentary committee hearing last Wednesday about shipping containers being scanned at ports, there has been a string of confusing disclosures on the topic by various entities. All of it suggests there are far too many ports of call when it comes to responsibility for the efficient management
Acting Police Commissioner McDonald Jacob says he is conscious of the challenges facing the police and the country, and feels he has performed well, given various constraints in resources and other issues over the past year.