00:00The elders of the Beetham Gardens community were well pleased to be treated to food and drink,
00:06courtesy the TTPS Community Oriented Policing Section.
00:10But for one centenarian, there is much more to celebrate than the coming New Year.
00:1590th January is a hundred years.
00:21And you're looking forward to how many more?
00:23Well, that depends on God's wishes.
00:29The Appreciation Luncheon is one of a number of initiatives put on by the TTPS Cops Unit
00:34in an effort to build and strengthen community relationships.
00:38The Community Oriented Policing Section says it will be focusing heavily on male mentorship in 2025.
00:45Is that something that the community has been crying out for?
00:48Definitely. Definitely.
00:50That is the cry of the parents.
00:52When we go to school, when we go to even the police youth club,
00:55they would come in and say, well, you know, the father is not here.
00:57The father is in jail. The father has been killed.
01:00Many different. This father is missing and absent.
01:04So the male police officers in the unit would be stepping up and taking that role?
01:09They are willing and able.
01:11Meantime, one resident is calling for the return of a police post in the area.
01:16They used to have a mobile patrol on the Beetham,
01:21but somehow they moved it and I find it should still be there.
01:25That is exactly on the local streets.
01:32That lower part of the street.
01:35Because since they moved it, I think about two people got killed over the year.
01:44But overall, do you feel good about the police and their relationship with the community?
01:49Yes, I feel very good about the police.
01:52Whatever wrong you perceive, you know.
01:55Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.
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