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The National Parent-Teacher Association has joined hands with the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service in a renewed effort to tackle the root causes of crime and hopefully reduce the lure it has on the youth population.

Here's more in this report.
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00:00Days after two shooting incidents that took place outside two institutions of
00:04learning, one at a preschool in Malik where two men were killed and the other
00:09outside of St. Francis Girls College in Belmont where a suspect was shot dead by
00:13police, Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hines and the Minister in the
00:18Ministry of National Security Keith Scotland met with members of the
00:22National Parent Teacher Association to discuss how the organization intends to
00:27protect the nation's youth from criminal elements. On the TV6 morning
00:32edition, President of the NPT Walter Stewart said Minister Scotland promised
00:37that there will be increased foot and mobile patrols throughout Trinidad and
00:41Tobago as oftentimes there are a number of students found loitering in their
00:46school uniform. Many times you are on the streets of Port-au-Prince, Trinidad and
00:52Tobago and long after schools are cold in the morning there are students just
00:57around in school uniform aimlessly and that is concern to us. In addition, at
01:04nights and I mean nights again in school uniforms, now they may be legitimate cases
01:10as well or instances and we are saying no to that but the police needs to be
01:13vigilant when these circumstances occur and when these instances occur to be
01:19able to ask a question, to be able to speak with these students. What are you
01:23doing outside? Why are you outside at this particular hour? Those are of
01:27concerns to us and we call that loitering. Following his meeting with
01:31the ministers, the NPTA president and the first vice president Zena Ramatali
01:36also met with the Commissioner of Police Ulla Harewood-Christopher. Stewart said
01:42similar concerns were raised with the top cop as they look at a greater
01:46engagement between parents and the community. It means that in the 10
01:52divisions, 10 police divisions in Trinidad and Tobago, I'm told there are about 73
01:56police stations in these 10 divisions and in some of these stations there are
02:01station councils. These station councils are responsible for going out into the
02:06community, conducting walkabouts and community type meetings. We want to be a
02:11part of that to show our solidarity and support with the TTPS in the crime
02:16prevention strategy. The NPTA president said the meeting with both ministers
02:22and the Commissioner of Police was successful and a step in the right
02:26direction. Sharla Kisto, TV6 News.
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