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Forget the gang culture, join a police youth club. The words of Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Tactical, Collis Hazel as he spoke on Tuesday's TV6'S Morning Edition programme. More in this Elizabeth Williams report.
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00:00The aim is to ensure that we give youths an opportunity to understand the benefits that
00:09they can obtain by being members of Police Youth Club, instead of aligning themselves
00:19with gangs.
00:21And therefore, every effort is being made by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service
00:28to ensure that we whet the appetite of our young people in providing opportunities to
00:39utilize their lesser time, instead of falling prey to social ills.
00:46ACP Collis Hazel is also the founder of the Roxborough Police Youth Club.
00:51He praised the new police team in Tobago, led by ACP Oswin Sabero and Senior Superintendent
00:58of Police Earl Eli, for their strategic crime-fighting methods.
01:03I want to say kudos to the Acting Assistant Commissioner and his team, who are, and Senior
01:12Superintendent, who are working assiduously in order to ensure that we reduce crime and
01:20criminality on the island.
01:22Of course, we look forward to working together to ensure that these various elements of crime
01:30are reduced holistically throughout Trinidad and Tobago.
01:34ACP Hazel said there is a downward trend of serious crimes in Tobago, but there remains
01:40a challenge.
01:42But there is hope.
01:44Of course, we continue to see downward trends in which there is serious crime.
01:50However, our challenge continues to be that of shootings, woundings, and murders, and
01:59of course, extortion, which continues to hamper the crime-fighting strategies.
02:10Member of the Roxborough Police Youth Club, Jani Campbell, said,
02:14Through the Roxborough Police Youth Club and other police youth clubs in the country that
02:20focus on positive youth engagement.
02:23Let's take the Roxborough Police Youth Club, for example.
02:26They have had agricultural programs, cooking programs, academic programs to boost your
02:32academic readiness for even CSEC exams.
02:36There are a plethora of other things, such as those interested in the orange economy
02:40and creative arts.
02:41Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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