With the murder toll almost at the 500 mark, Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Keith Scotland is assuring the public that the Police are doing all they can to protect citizens.
00:00Minister Keith Scotland says the TTPS is actively pursuing leads in several investigations across Trinidad and Tobago.
00:08The public can expect to see joint patrols between police officers and members of the Defence Force.
00:13He adds that the new fleet of vehicles the TTPS received has made officers' job of catching criminals a little easier.
00:21With the acquisition of the 94 new vehicles and the promised acquisition of another 2,000 and shortly there will be part of that 2,000,
00:32we expect that the public can get a more timely response from the police for complaints and that will give the police more mobility in order to execute more timely responses to the public.
00:50Some have been put into operation and we expect within the next two weeks that they should all be put into operation in various aspects.
00:59I don't want to go into too much details which will, you know, let the cat out of the bag, so to speak, but you will see or you will have a more mobile police force.
01:14And on the issue of police officers not wearing body cameras, Minister Scotland encourages them to do so,
01:20saying that this essential piece of technology can be their main line of evidence in any situation.
01:26Body camera can be a main line in the defence of a police officer against any allegation of excessive force or wrongdoing.
01:37It can also create transparency as it relates to the conduct of police officers during the execution of their duties.
01:45He admits that there are rogue officers in the police service and some of the individuals who enter have already been exposed to negative elements.
01:54However, the minister praised the TTPS for the recent arrest they made following the kidnapping and murder of a businessman from central Trinidad.
02:03Yes, it's occurring, but look at the reaction time for the service in that last incident.
02:10Within a week, two persons were charged and not just two persons, two members of the police force.
02:18It means that the integrity of the operations of the police force was attacked in that regard.
02:27It was challenged by that allegation that the reaction was timely, the reaction was robust and the reaction was incisive.
02:39Within a week, there were persons brought before the courts and not only in murder, misbehaviour in public office and other charges.
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