DCP BENJAMIN VISITS EAST POS

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Given multiple reports of violence reported at various malls and shopping complexes in this country last weekend which purportedly involved young persons, Deputy Commissioner of Police  Junior Benjamin has given the assurance that there will be an increased police presence at these locations, especially with school being out for the Christmas season.

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00:00Last weekend, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed at the C3 mall. A 73-year-old

00:06woman was beaten and robbed at Movietown in Port of Spain and at Trincity Mall

00:10there were several reports of fights and robberies at the shopping complex. These

00:14incidents will no longer be allowed to happen according to the TTPS and today

00:19we discussed that especially looking at Trincity Mall, looking at all the

00:22different malls, where we're going to be, what we're going to be doing, having more

00:26presence there so that we could deal with those situations. However, Benjamin

00:29noted that these operations will not just be limited to malls and shopping

00:33complexes but will be extended throughout communities and city areas as

00:37the Christmas season fast approaches. We are putting the necessary things in

00:42place to have the manpower, the human resource, all the things that are needed

00:45to ensure a safer and better Christmas season so persons could feel free and

00:51feel safe traveling and traversing the streets. He also called on parents and

00:56guardians to ensure that their children are positively engaged throughout the

01:00Christmas season and even urged them to join police youth clubs. We believe it's

01:05part of our crime prevention plan. We believe if we can really speak to the

01:09youth, we are saving a generation so therefore we would encourage all

01:14parents to get their children involved in, you know, all youth clubs, all youth clubs.

01:19Finally, Benjamin also addressed this year's murder toll which stands at 565

01:26as of this morning. While it was higher than the comparative for the same period

01:30last year, which was 533, the DCP noted that over the last two months the

01:35average has dropped from 50 a month to 30 a month. We have been looking at that

01:40situation, what we have been doing and what you see here is really from the

01:45beginning of the year we have been putting different strategies in place

01:47and we believe that we're getting that traction now. He promised that there

01:51would be more police presence on the ground in the coming weeks and that the

01:54TTPS will be continuing to focus on intelligence-led policing and community

01:59relation. We're going out, parking the cars, doing some walking, talking more with the

02:04people. If you look around, you see, you go to the divisions, we are doing more walkabouts

02:09and so on, talking with the people. So we are building that engagement and that is

02:13what I believe is also helping to really create that closer ties between the

02:18police and the public. Alexander Brucewall, TV6 News.

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