ACTING TOP COP ON SOE

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Acting Police Commissioner Junior Benjamin is urging the public to allow the investigation into what really happened in the matter of suspended Commissioner Erla Christopher to take its course.  He says the current situation is not what anyone wanted but he assures that officers are doing what is required for the safety of citizens.  More from Nicole M Romany.

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00:00The acting top cop tells the public to let the police conduct their investigation before

00:06speculating on what is taking place.

00:09He again stresses that the officers are guided by the director of public prosecutions.

00:16I know that many persons might be very anxious in terms of wanting to air their position

00:24on this particular situation out there.

00:27I want to just caution the public, before we could really jump to conclusions, it's

00:32important to have the truth on the matter.

00:37And because they don't really have the full facts, it is very easy to just take things

00:45that are out there.

00:46I would want to really just encourage the public to, first of all, allow the process

00:51to flow.

00:52Acting Commissioner Benjamin says one of his key areas of priority is the ongoing state

00:58of emergency, adding that while the SOE is only for a short time, he anticipates that

01:05it will yield long-term results.

01:07What we wanted to have is that at the end of the SOE, we must have some sustainable

01:13strategies going forward that will ensure a constant reduction in the crime situation

01:20while, you know, just after the SOE.

01:24He tells TV6, up to yesterday, the TTPS would have conducted 2,276 operations during the

01:32SOE.

01:34As a result, the acting commissioner says 1,714 persons were arrested, 81 firearms were

01:42seized and approximately 1,264 assorted rounds of ammunition were also discovered and seized.

01:51He tells us 294 grams of marijuana and one kilogram of cocaine were seized.

01:58He admits there is a lot more work to be done, but he believes officers are on the right

02:03path.

02:05When asked about the legitimacy of arrests made so far and whether or not they can stand

02:10up in court, the acting top cop had this to say.

02:14We have learned from our past so that we will not repeat that past again.

02:19Certainly we recognize what has happened in the past and therefore there's a greater level

02:24of diligence that is being paid in terms of how we deal with matters and especially in

02:29terms of how we go about arresting and the reason for the arrest.

02:34We ensure that the arrests that we have, even at this time, we have persons that would have

02:39been charged in terms of the numbers that we talk about, persons arrested.

02:44Again, the aim here is to really have those priority offenders, for them to be part and

02:52parcel of the detention.

02:55Nicole M Romany, TV6 News.

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