00:00If I am realigned as is proposed, I will continue to work assiduously towards the fight against
00:11crime and criminality in Trinidad and Tobago.
00:14I want to make it abundantly clear that we are not the problem.
00:24I would think that my transfer has nothing to do with no escalation of crime on the island.
00:49Crime is all over Trinidad and Tobago at this point in time.
01:00The transfers are to realign officers in places based on the idea that we have just promoted
01:10other senior officers and therefore we have to be utilized best according to the leadership
01:17at this point in time.
01:19Officer Hazel hopes to one day become this country's Commissioner of Police.
01:25I want you to look at it in this way, Elizabeth.
01:30I am the most senior Assistant Commissioner of Police in the Trinidad and Tobago Police
01:35Service and I also have intention that one day I will sit in the chair as Commissioner
01:47of Police of this country.
01:48Hazel said the fight against crime must go on.
01:53The problem is the crime and the criminals outside there who are harassing, causing fear
02:04and panic to citizens and therefore there is a clarion call for us to continue to unite
02:13and to work with the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.
02:16He is encouraging citizens to work along with the police in the fight against criminality.
02:22Chief Secretary Farley Agustin said the transfers were timely and will go well for Tobago's
02:29war on crime.
02:30He revealed that when the National Security Council met in Tobago on July 9th, a decision
02:36was taken to begin moving around members of the TTPS in order to, quote, remove the curse
02:43of complacency and in Tobago's case specifically, to eradicate the contempt bred by familiarity.
02:52This is just that decision materializing after two months, end quote.
02:58The Chief Secretary expressed gratitude to Officers Hazel and Cook for their tireless
03:04efforts in the fight against crime in Tobago and wished them success on their future endeavors,
03:11He said Mr. Hazel's new posting as head of the TTPS's tactical unit means he will continue
03:18to have a crucial role to play in the country's war against crime.
03:23Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
