00:00With over 126 persons arrested during the course of this state of emergency,
00:05the president of the TNT Police Service Social and Welfare Association, Gideon
00:10Dixon, says the SOE is getting results.
00:14There was a significant decrease because we only have had two murders to date, based on my information.
00:19And I'm aware, this time last year, the numbers, when the teens going down the road.
00:28An official count from the TTPS confirms two murders for 2025,
00:33compared to 13 for the same period last year.
00:37Dixon believes this proves that policing efforts can be much more effective within conducive frameworks.
00:43He's calling for changes to the current anti-gang legislation.
00:47I am advised that it is cumbersome, it is convoluted,
00:54and it is one where, because of the bureaucratic hurdles that it has,
01:01you would see, prior to the SOE coming to effect,
01:06few persons being taken before the court as it relates to the anti-gang legislation.
01:13The SOE has provided a layer of legislative framework,
01:21within the legislative framework, for us to operate and bring persons to account.
01:25We would need to recommend that we look at having similar amendments
01:37be constructed in the existing legislation, so that persons could be called upon to account.
01:43That would be a very good way to start to address the issue,
01:48because the SOE will not be here indefinitely,
01:52and we wouldn't want to get back to where we were pre-SOE.
01:57Meantime, the Police Association head is also calling on all Jal Blaster stakeholders,
02:02from importers to retailers to end-users,
02:05to do the right thing in the interests of safety and security.
02:09Those who are responsible for either purchasing,
02:14acquiring for sale, or selling these items,
02:18to desist, and desist with a level of immediacy.
02:22Because it could have fatal effects,
02:25on if law enforcement have to confront persons,
02:29and there is a split period by which you are not certain,
02:35and you are called upon to act within the confines of the law.
02:40We are also calling on the Customs to do a significantly better job
02:47as it relates to clearing of these containers with these toys,
02:55that are so resembling that of firearms.
02:59On Sunday, one young man was injured during a police-involved shooting,
03:03after police responded to a report of men with firearms in the Kanupia district.
03:08Officers engaged the men, and two Jal Blasters resembling firearms were recovered.
03:13Two people were arrested.
03:15Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.
