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02:53Welcome to Beyond the Tape.
03:10I'm your host, Mark Besson.
03:11Welcome to our viewers across Trinidad and Tobago.
03:14Of course, our viewers globally, as well as our brothers and sisters in the Isle of Grenada.
03:19Well, it's certainly a very rainy day today, and, you know, across the country, there was some flash flooding, areas of Mayaro, Rio Claro Experience, some severe flooding.
03:31And we also had an incident along the Maracas Bay Road here, where trees, apparently the soil might have gotten loose, and trees fell across the roadway,
03:43and, you know, inconveniencing a lot of early morning commuters.
03:47And you're seeing here persons, obviously, videotaping the fallen tree, and what appears to also be a part of a tree trunk, as well, on the roadway there.
04:00We are hopeful that that would have been cleared up in good measure, and that things have resumed to normal.
04:08But, of course, you know, there's that concern with the rainy season of further landslides and so on in those areas where you have, you know, loose dirt and so on.
04:19And, of course, other things happening on the crime front as well.
04:23We had a home invasion yesterday involving a pensioner where this person stole $20,000 that was for roof repairs.
04:33And then we had the robbery of a roti shop of $80,000, so criminals really keeping busy.
04:40And, of course, we also had those two police shootings, one in the Taperiga area that we told you about briefly yesterday, as well, in which one suspect was shot.
04:53And then there was this one here in the Valencia area, two suspects apparently who opened fire in this silver selfie, shot and killed by police.
05:05And certainly some of these incidents would have occurred, not in the, from the north central area, but, of course, today with us is Acting ASB Ishmael Pit of the Northern North Division.
05:20How are you, sir? I know you have been pretty busy.
05:23Indeed, indeed. And thanks for having me. Good evening, Shunada and Tobago. Good evening, Mark. It's always a pleasure being here.
05:31So, you see, we have a couple of things happening there. We have the home invasion.
05:35Yeah.
05:36Across, you know, various areas. And we had also the shooting in that Valencia area and at Taperigua as well.
05:46And then we also had, this is the shooting in the Valencia area where two persons were shot and killed.
05:54And we understand that there were possible suspects in an attempted shooting sometime before.
06:00And the police indicated that these men were armed with firearms and apparently opened fire in police.
06:09And they returned fire in keeping with the policy, use of force policy.
06:15And we know that a lot of statements have been made regarding the recent police-involved fatal shootings where persons have died.
06:28It's no secret that the level of enforcement at this point in time has increased regarding the state of emergency.
06:36It's also no secret that there are a lot of young men and even, I dare say, young women out there who are in possession of illegal firearms,
06:47who are in possession of firearms that are capable of creating quite a level of destruction.
06:52And these are the type of persons that our officers have to engage on a daily basis in order to ensure that Taperigua is safe.
07:01It is nothing pleasing when our officers have to become involved in deadly situations.
07:09It's to the extent that our very own lives are at risk.
07:13And we have had numerous incidents where our officers did not make it home.
07:18So, today, we are appealing to members of the public.
07:23We are appealing to those persons who have chosen to adopt a particular course.
07:28That when you are engaged, do not think for one moment that you can match the police officers in terms of force.
07:39Please do the right thing and surrender yourself so that we can have what we will call a violence-free outcome
07:47to those incidents.
07:49And we know largely we are blamed, which is very, very sad and it's very myopic and it's very one-sided.
07:56Largely, we are blamed in terms of when we have incidents of this nature.
07:59Because it's as though it's only one side is involved in the situation.
08:06And we diminish the contribution of the other persons who were involved.
08:12Now, I'm not saying this regarding the most recent incidents or generally speaking.
08:18I'm saying this from the perspective of lacking that investigative understanding and lacking evidence.
08:25When persons come out and they make these type of remarks,
08:28not understanding or not wanting to face the reality that we are very much in a violent society
08:33and the likelihood of our officers being engaged with deadly force is extremely high.
08:39And perhaps, you know, the impetus, of course, is on the TTPS to prove that equality.
08:46And I think the body cams, in some measure, can help to assist in these particular investigations
08:53when there are incidents like this.
08:55And that is why there is a dire need for more body cams.
08:58I know that there's been a process going on for quite a while and almost a year now.
09:05And we are hopeful that that will bring some kind of relief and, of course, resolution
09:10so that when incidents like this happen on the front line where officers are confronted,
09:16allegedly by gunfire in cases or are confronted, we can tell, I mean,
09:22the evidence when the investigation takes place will say year in year whether or not they were fired upon
09:26and they were forced to return fire.
09:29Ah.
09:30So that relief that you speak of, that relief would be to satisfy the minds of the average citizen
09:38that the account of the police is, in fact, a genuine account.
09:41But it does not take away from the fact that the deadly encounters are likely to continue.
09:48Of course not.
09:49So how do we get relief from having to engage persons using that type of force?
09:56And it's for that reason that we are asking persons to desist.
10:00We are asking persons to do the correct thing.
10:03So, yes, it's good and it's always transparent when, you know, the account of officers is there to be seen.
10:12But we also have a real issue.
10:15And the real issue is the fact that there are a lot of our citizens who have a total disregard for law and order.
10:22And they have a total disregard for authority.
10:25They have a total disregard for police officers.
10:28Well, no doubt.
10:28And I get that because I know that the commissioner would have spoken to this a couple of weeks ago
10:33following that rescue attempt at the kidnapping in Toko.
10:37And he asked criminals to put down your guns, do not engage the officers, preservation your life.
10:44He says it's sad when you have to lose the life of someone in an incident like this.
10:49Of course, of course.
10:49And obviously he's asking criminals to put down their firearms to prevent this kind of a confrontation happening.
10:58An outcome, as you say.
10:59Yeah.
10:59All right.
11:00We also want to speak about something that is very important.
11:03And we've been talking about this for a long time.
11:06And we had two particular incidents over the last 48 hours.
11:10One in the Maraval area where a man was, he left a particular bank.
11:16And he was later robbed of $40,000 in cash.
11:20And then another gentleman left another bank in the Valsean area.
11:24And he went to Carigny near the Rungdabau.
11:27He stopped to purchase something.
11:29And $17,500 was left in his vehicle.
11:35And they stole it.
11:36Yes.
11:37So there is something here amidst where persons are being looked at, transacting business, transacting money, transactions, picking up money from the bank, or maybe on their way to depositing.
11:50And we have incidents like this continuously.
11:54Honestly, I want you to kind of impress upon persons the importance of when you're handling large sums of cash, what they need to do when they're leaving the bank or if they're going to the bank with large sums of cash.
12:07Of course.
12:08So the first thing that immediately comes to mind, situational awareness.
12:11We need to be situationally aware as to what is taking place around us.
12:17You go to the bank.
12:19You retrieve large sums of cash.
12:22And we are comforted in putting it under our seat, in the glove compartment, in the console.
12:29We go about our business thinking that no one is following us, no one is looking at us, and we feel some sense of confidence to even leave the vehicle unattended and go and do other business.
12:44Now, this is not a victim blame, but it's a reality.
12:48And we have spoken about this particular crime type on this program ad nauseum, I would say.
12:53So we trust that persons would understand exactly what it is happening, understand that this is a reality, that there are persons who they have taken it upon themselves to make a study of persons who would go to the bank, retrieve cash.
13:08And for that reason, they have been able to successfully carry out these type of activities, notwithstanding that at some stage they may be held and they have to account.
13:21So we are asking members of the public, please, in the first instance, be situationally aware.
13:26There are some of us who are able to add some layers of security regarding the amount of cash that we are going to retrieve.
13:34There are some of us who are able to add some layers of security to that.
13:37And if we are able to do that, we are asking, please do it.
13:40Because when you look at the amount of money that is stolen in relation to probably getting someone or a group of persons who are security-minded or part of some security body in order to be part of the transaction, you know, it may cost you a whole lot less.
13:55Additionally, we always speak of doing cashless transactions, which is, you know, the modern approach to doing a lot of business.
14:07We are not going to bury our heads in the sand and say that all business can be done like that.
14:13We know that there is a need at times to have raw pay or cash in one's possession.
14:18And if such a need arises, then we need to be situationally aware as to when we take out our money and we are moving from point A to point B, that we want to be totally aware as to whether someone is following us.
14:30Do not leave your money in a vehicle.
14:32Your vehicle is protected by layers of glass.
14:36Yeah.
14:37And you rightly say you cannot put a price on your life.
14:40And even if you're doing two deposits a week and you have to pay the security personnel to escort you or to take that money to the bank in some measure.
14:49Exactly.
14:50It will cost you a very minimal fee comparatively to what you're transporting that you lose.
14:55Exactly.
14:56Or give or take, you know.
14:57So I think business persons and all those persons who handle cash on a daily or every other day basis and have to make deposits, this is something you all should look at.
15:07And I remember last I did a piece based on a police investigation or police report about how these persons were targeting various banks along the East West Corridor because of its proximity to various avenues to escape, various routes, sorry.
15:22And, you know, I would hope that persons would have learned from those things but they continue to see the same mistakes.
15:28Well, largely each individual is of the view that it would not happen to me.
15:33Yeah.
15:33You know, and when we go with this type of attitude, then at some stage we end up getting a rude awakening.
15:42Another thing that persons take for granted is the sharing of information.
15:46Yeah.
15:46So we know largely that the virtual platforms are ripe and are present for persons to do that.
15:52But then there are persons who we would give information to that would take that information and empower other persons to make you a victim.
15:59So we need to be careful as to who we are confiding in and telling them, here, what, I'm going down to whatever bank, you know, to conduct whatever transaction and I'm going to meet you here or I'm going to be, you know, doing certain things in that realm that once that person has that knowledge, you can be compromised.
16:18Yep. And as you speak about that, we are transitioning, you know, we have an incident that took place in a gated compound in West Trinidad sometime last night.
16:31And I want you to take a look at this video here.
16:35We got out this morning to find out that our cars were broken into hybrids, all of them, and the battery was stolen.
16:45They had time to dismount the seat, unscrew the batteries, take it out.
16:53This is one.
17:01This is the other.
17:06They had time again to unscrew and take out everything and they are gone with it.
17:10They took all the hybrid batteries and this guy up here, the fielder, they have also gone with his battery and also this one, battery totally gone.
17:27They had time to break into three cars, unscrew all of that and lift out these batteries and disappear with them.
17:33When we are supposed to have hourly patrols and we are supposed to, and how did they come in in the first place?
17:38The question you asked there, and we talk about inside information and people might be saying things to people at some juncture and innocently sometimes, but they are persons eavesdropping on their conversation or they might say it's innocent.
17:54There's somebody who might say it to somebody who is involved in criminal activity.
17:57But correct me if I'm wrong here, I was speaking to two officers earlier today and they were telling me that there seems to be a black market for the selling of these electric batteries, these hybrid batteries now.
18:11It's becoming very, it's starting to become a concern.
18:14Yes, yes, we have information that, you know, there is a black market that exists for the hybrid batteries and we believe that is driving this particular crime type.
18:28So we are asking persons to be extra cautious in terms of securing your investment, please.
18:34You may look at your vehicle and you might be of the view that, all right, the person might not be able to remove the vehicle.
18:40But now we recognize that the objective is not to remove the vehicle, but to remove this precious content that, you know, as you said before, it seems as though there's a market that exists for it.
18:52And roughly, I think this, when this battery goes, I think it costs you close to around $30,000 to replace it after a period of time.
19:01So can you imagine that somebody just got a car and somebody stole the battery and they probably will sell it for maybe less than half of that, even if, because they got it for free.
19:10Exactly, exactly.
19:11So it's certainly very concerning, of course, and worrying that now thieves are finding a new niche market out there in terms of car thefts to steal these batteries now and sell them on the black market.
19:23Exactly.
19:24And I know that you said before, I don't know if this is the community we were speaking about when we were speaking of it, which is a gated community.
19:30Yes, it was.
19:31So we are asking persons that not because the community is gated that you should let your guard down.
19:38True.
19:38All right?
19:38Don't think that everybody within your community may be of the same value system that you expect them to be.
19:46Yeah.
19:47All right?
19:47So please don't take things for granted because you believe that you are in a gated community.
19:51That's the reality.
19:52All right.
19:52Thanks a lot, DSP.
19:53Yeah.
19:53All right.
19:54Let's take a quick look.
19:55Day 21 of the state of emergency figures.
19:59Number of operations, 1,542.
20:01Target prior to offenders, 698.
20:05Searches conducted, 9,799.
20:08Traffic operations, 931.
20:11Total persons arrested, 649.
20:14Traffic offenses detected, 5,154.
20:17Firearms recovered, 32 pistols, 17 revolvers, 8 shotguns, 7 rifles,
20:24and 2 air rifles.
20:26Ammunition recovered thus far, 431 wrongs of 9mm, 63 wrongs of 12 gauge, 21 wrongs of 0.380,
20:35170 wrongs of 5.56, 60 wrongs of 0.38, 27 wrongs of 0.40, 7 wrongs of 0.357, 21 wrongs of 0.45,
20:48and 30 wrongs of 7.62.
20:51Dangerous drugs seized, 70,470.75 grams of marijuana, and 226.21 grams of cocaine.
21:01ASP, Pitt.
21:02I want to ask a question.
21:04Sure.
21:05You have observed the amount of firearms that have been recovered within a short period of time.
21:10You have also observed the different types of ammunition that are being recovered.
21:15Yes.
21:15Do you think the persons who were in possession of those items and who are within the general population
21:22or who are in possession of those items are more or less afraid to use those weapons?
21:31Highly unlikely.
21:32That's the reality of policing.
21:34Highly unlikely.
21:35But I know where you're going with it.
21:36That's the reality of policing.
21:38I know where you're going with it.
21:38They are not afraid to use it.
21:40I share that concern, of course.
21:41And I think the normal man on the street also shares that concern.
21:45Yes.
21:45So it's six and one half dozen and the other when you're confronted with these men armed
21:51with automatic weapons.
21:53What do you do as a police officer?
21:55Yeah.
21:55Right?
21:56And, you know, as I said, every circumstance will be different.
22:00But there are times when you all have to comply with the use of force policy because, in certain
22:09instances, these men opened fire on the police, armed with firearms.
22:13And I think in the Valencia incident where the two persons were shot, one identified as
22:18Steven Lopez, they also recovered two firearms.
22:22Yeah.
22:23So it's a reality.
22:24It's a reality that we have an illegal firearm issue.
22:28And it's something that we are going to be treated with.
22:32We have been.
22:33So we are going to continue to treat with this issue.
22:37And, you know, given the deadly nature of firearms in itself, we understand that undertaking
22:43such a responsibility, it has some risk attached to it.
22:47And it's for that reason that we are asking members of the public to, you know, apply that
22:51level of balance, police shootings are heavily investigated, Mark.
22:56Yeah.
22:57Heavily investigated.
22:59There are probably three layers of investigation.
23:02You have the investigator who exists within whatever district that the incident happens.
23:08You also have the professional standards bureau who acts as that oversight body.
23:14Once that matter goes to the director of public prosecution, he also have the prerogative
23:21now to send it for further inquiry at an inquest court.
23:26Yeah.
23:27Let's not forget the PCA as well as also has the independent investigation.
23:29And we also have the PCA who is doing, so there's another layer.
23:32And you can send also their findings to the DPP.
23:34That's right.
23:34Yeah.
23:35So look at the different layers in terms of these types of investigations.
23:39So we are saying, you know, there is some level of accountability, so it's not a case
23:45of we are just going out there and doing things and there's no accountability attached
23:51to it.
23:52It's no pleasure at all.
23:53Yeah.
23:53By any means.
23:54In fact, those officers who are involved in those incidents, they must be met with some
23:59level of support because just the thought that you could have died, that yesterday could
24:04have been your last day in itself, it can impact you.
24:06It can impact your life, it can impact your family life, it can impact the way you go
24:11about doing policing in the future.
24:13So it's a very, very, very serious issue.
24:17Yeah.
24:17All right.
24:17Thanks a lot.
24:18Okay.
24:18We're going to take a short break and we'll be back.
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28:45Welcome to Beyond the Tape, or welcome back I should say.
29:01I'm your host Mark Wesson, joined today by ASP Ishmael Pitt of the Northern Division.
29:06We want to quickly bring you up to speed with the headlines.
29:09We want to quickly bring you up to speed with the headlines.
29:13So those are the headlines over the last 24 hours, and of course, you know, we have this ongoing consultation across the country with the headlines.
29:35So those are the headlines over the last 24 hours, and of course, you know, we have this ongoing consultation across the country with this standing of ground legislation.
29:45And the Honorable Minister Roger Alexander of Homeland Security spoke at one of the consultations last night.
29:52Let's take a listen.
29:53Now, I came from one fool.
29:58I could speak to what I would have seen and why it is necessary now to have this legislation come before you so you can put what add, take away whatever you want to on that document to make it workable for all.
30:18I can tell you this.
30:19I can tell you this.
30:20Home invasion is not what you think it is.
30:22It's an organized crime.
30:25So somebody in this room, part of the village, give information to persons on the outside.
30:33Those persons on the outside come here, guided by the persons from the village.
30:38So they take a vehicle and they park it up by the police station to see, to monitor.
30:44They have a vehicle parking at a junction that they can absorb from their different location.
30:51And they monitor in again.
30:53And they enter your home.
30:55And they know.
30:56You know why they stay so long sometimes in the home?
30:58Because they know that you are incapable of responding in a manner in which you're supposed to.
31:06It's simple.
31:07They have information.
31:08They know all who has guns and all who have none.
31:13It's organized crime.
31:15It's not what you think it is just passing and jumping out of a can running in a man's house.
31:19No.
31:20They monitor and they are prepared.
31:24Members of the public have to be smart.
31:26If you left home every day with gold up to here.
31:33Gold chain hanging down here.
31:34And every Monday morning you leave with a bag of money to go to the bank.
31:37Every morning morning at nine.
31:38So you're telling everybody.
31:39I'm going to the bank.
31:40I'm going to the bank.
31:41All the people in the workplace, I'm going to the bank at nine.
31:44I'll be back.
31:45And you're giving away all that information.
31:47What do you think is going to happen?
31:49Let us wise up.
31:52So if you're left with gold around your hands.
31:56And today, you're home.
31:59What do you think the goal is?
32:00And this is what they look at.
32:05Paying attention to your every move.
32:07I want members of the public to hear this though.
32:12This is just a proposal for now.
32:17And do not start to activate as if it has become law.
32:24Just yet.
32:25And let me also say this.
32:28Yes, the law permits you to have some form of defense.
32:35Whether it be a firearm or not.
32:37But don't wait on the firearm.
32:40I tell people, sharpen your mind.
32:43Back and front.
32:45All right.
32:48Sharpen your minds.
32:50Back and front.
32:51So when they come.
32:53You treat with them accordingly.
32:55Last time I read.
32:57A king is in charge of his castle.
32:59Or the queen.
33:00Or there's a king and a queen.
33:02And your children are the subjects.
33:05Defend yourself.
33:08By any means necessary.
33:12But at the same time.
33:14Use the law.
33:15When it comes.
33:17To guide you.
33:19Honorable Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander.
33:23They are speaking at the Stand Your Ground Legislation.
33:26On Tuesday night rather.
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37:19welcome back to be on the tape i'm your host mark busan joined today by asb ishma pit of the northern division and before the break we listen to homeland security minister roger alexander speaking about the stand your ground legislation of course your comments asb pit
37:48uh well the minister is quite on point uh he spoke to certain uh factors routine activity change it up
37:57persons monitor you yeah so you will want to do things a bit differently uh so that you know your
38:04next move is not predictable and that is of paramount importance we often just go about doing things and we don't understand that yeah we are creatures of a habit
38:15and we need to change it up in order to throw off somebody who just might be looking at us yeah
38:22you also mentioned sharpening your minds and we spoke of situational awareness
38:28situational awareness puts you in a position now where you can observe what it is taking place
38:35you can assess yeah and then you can respond appropriately
38:39so the first thing you need to do is to be observant you need to be aware so that's the the mind sharp man
38:47that he's speaking of so we just and you know he mentioned something that is very critical oftentimes when
38:54we hear about self-defense we immediately think weapon yeah yes yes but defending yourself is that
39:05a trinidad it's not limited to weapons i i can't say i can't say i know you'll do the research man yes
39:12i can't say if it's limited to trinidad no i'm just saying the thought process of uh thinking about
39:18a weapon first rather than any other means of this finding yourself is it first uppermost thing in a
39:23trinidadian's mind yes yes yes yes yes yes yes it could be yeah i'm just asking a question yeah it could be
39:30just probably um something in it um you know that that goes beyond geography and it's probably just a
39:36human condition yeah uh but the the mere securing of your home uh by using uh burglar proofing having
39:45your area well lit um having alarms having dogs and all these things are defending yourself and there's
39:53no weapon involved in that so we shouldn't limit ourselves and that's exactly what the minister is saying
39:58because um you know when we hear about self-defense we often think it's about the ability to be able to
40:06treat with persons in a particular way you know but it's it's a lot bigger than that and we can use our
40:11brain matter in a way that uh puts us in a position of being able to prevent because we often hear
40:18prevention is better than cure and we often limit it to medical circumstances ah we should go beyond that
40:26we should have it spread and we should understand that prevention generally in any domain in any
40:32discipline in any environment in any circumstance is always better than having to treat to the situation
40:39when it comes out well there's also well as you said holistic approaches holistic yeah holistic approaches
40:47but you know the the the the mp for that area dr rudan munilal would have indicated that last year there
40:53were 500 home invasions uh reported to the police and that's a very high figure yes and and it brings
41:01us to our next interesting video of course yes pipette we're talking about home invasions we're talking
41:08about persons uh trespassing on people's property and this person seems to be a little more bold faced yeah
41:16let's take a look so this guy is standing on the porch of somebody's house obviously his face is concealed
41:27somewhat at the heart he has an umbrella he's knocking to see if anybody's home perhaps maybe realizing
41:34nobody's room and then what what does he proceed to do he proceeds to get rid of the
41:40camera so that it takes away from the opportunity for us to see him yeah very interesting yeah but but
41:51fortunately fortunately there was a moment and all we need is a moment he's doing surveillance uh
41:59according to our producer he's doing surveillance but um you know his intent obviously is much more than
42:07uh you know the normal citizen might might anticipate yeah but anybody information about this individual
42:14please contact the nearest police station this is in the edinburgh shaguanas area so if you have
42:20there's a freeze frame shot of him there partially you can see his face um maybe um you see his features
42:27uh and i i'm sure with a proper description uh the police can pick up this individual of course and um
42:34we are hopeful that anyone with information uh maybe perhaps when he was leaving maybe there's other
42:40footage when he was coming in that we are not privy to yeah that um we can we can probably spot him
42:47easier when he was on the street or something or maybe he was picked up by another camera along that path
42:53in the edinburgh area exactly but based on what we have been privy to i am certain that there's someone
43:00right now sitting down watching this program and is quite aware as to who that individual is yeah so
43:07we are asking for that information to be forwarded so that we can take the appropriate action this man
43:14operated as though he belonged there for a moment and you see that's the thing sometimes they are so
43:20bold and they are so confident in their movement that even if someone was passing by not knowing who are
43:26the occupants or who are the owners of the the household um they might very well think that that
43:31person belongs there and he's probably doing some adjustments or he's doing something you know other
43:35than the obvious umbrella in an area where there's no sun and there's no rain you know he appears as
43:42though he's quite at home no pun intended yeah and we should also remind persons that when you mount these
43:47these uh security cameras please do not make it so easy for somebody to actually reach them and
43:53and turn them and so on i know you might have to ask a professional sometimes depending on where
43:58you want to locate it away from a normal person being able to to get access to it to shift it yeah
44:05that you might have to pay a little money but the cost of your security is more important than
44:09maybe a hundred or three hundred dollars as the case may be of course and for your family's safety
44:14so please uh keep that into consideration and you can also even conceal these cameras in various areas
44:21so that they're not easily seen by your uninvited guests ah yeah very good point very good point
44:28excellent point mark so like a real security expert
44:33is it that they're volunteer services i think i'm learning from some of the best you and others
44:38included in the ttps and other security services all right we're going to take a short break and we'll
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48:09welcome back to beyond the tape i'm your host mark missan joined today by esph market of the northern
48:14division uh we just want to bring you up to speed with a couple of house
48:19announcements so first and foremost the trinidad and tobago police service the women police bureau of
48:25the ttps will be hosting a thanksgiving service in recognition
48:30on the 70th anniversary of women in the trinidad and tobago police service that's tomorrow friday august 8th
48:38at 2 p.m at the saint paul's anakin church in san fernando uh that's just obliquely opposite the san
48:46fernando general hospital for anyone uh interested who's living from the east or or west or north or
48:53even central i might having i'd be having some difficulty locating the church so uh it's a way to honor
49:00honoring the legacy embracing the future 70 years of service shielded by faith
49:06sp pit a proud moment for the woman of the trinidad and tobago police service 70th anniversary indeed
49:14and uh you know the the contribution of women police officers to the trinidad and tobago police service
49:21woods is not capable of expressing we have adopted what you call an international model and that ability
49:31now for our female officers to impact our situation is really really significant so um you know from a
49:38holistic perspective i'm using your word we we embrace the moment and you know we join arm in arms
49:45in terms of recognizing this the significant period in our organization's history certainly a very proud
49:51moment you know it's really nice to see so many women now joining the force yeah making a difference
49:57holding some very senior positions in in the organization making some you know some good in
50:03roads into you know at the time where it's a male uh dominated uh area at some point of course that
50:09area yeah and now we're seeing more and more women uh joining the force and you know again we want to
50:15hats off to all the women who've served in the trinidad and tobago police service as you celebrate
50:19the 7th anniversary yeah all right so we wanted to show you a video quickly of a attempted last year
50:30of a motor vehicle we're not sure exactly what location this is but look at this the individual
50:38this guy is wearing about is it the baklava
50:41that that mask is wearing is against the law we know that yeah we there there there there there
51:11there there's a concession for uh carnival periods um but outside of that you know persons wearing
51:17face masks and things like that it is contrary to the summary offenses act wow so so it seems that
51:23he's talking to someone on a phone day and then he wow he proceeds to take out a very device uh
51:31some kind of a object or device as you see uh it looks like a wrench and uh maybe another piece of
51:38metal or screwdriver even yeah um trying to price open the the lock in some measure or you know
51:44sometimes they they push it down and then they pull up the lock as the case may be and he seems to be
51:50speaking to somebody though yeah he has he has somebody on speaker phone there yeah yeah am i doing it
51:58right yeah i think he's he's getting some guidance there while he's looking around he's surveilling you
52:03know situational awareness so you see you see even they practice that yes you know even they because
52:10he's aware that what he's doing is wrong and the possibility of him being seen it exists so for that
52:17reason he's scanning his environment i i he looks like a rookie to me and he's probably getting
52:24instructions from somebody who knows how to do this because he's taking a rather long time and of course
52:29he's being captured on this uh ccctv camera here and um i think he well he struck me the glass initially
52:40uh i don't know if he was and now he gets the car door open and then i think the alarm goes off
52:46yes the alarm went off i understand he drops his phone or something and he runs off
52:51so certainly here he is again we're seeing you know the close-up of him here uh engaging with a
52:58wrench and what looks appears to be a screwdriver of some some sort so you know um it's always good
53:05to have uh security cameras in and around your premises around your vehicles for circumstances like
53:11this yes of course of course and uh if you are seeing that the alarm went off it means to see that
53:17the alarm did its job and you know it's it scared him away yeah and now we we have a situation now
53:25where your vehicle was preserved your item of property was preserved so when we we overlook these basic
53:33additions yeah uh we are making it much easier for these guys to make you a victim of crime do not take
53:40things for granted and we know now that technology is the the the uh choice in terms of putting our
53:50vehicles in position of like say gps and and other apparatus um however do not ignore the hardened part
53:58of it where the hardware in relation to even having the steering locks the locks that would lock the lever
54:05that's right so these things are very very and um even the the the kill switch yes yeah so for some
54:14persons these things are obsolete because now we have vehicles that have brain and you know we can
54:19utilize other things in order to uh have the vehicle shut down and what have you but then there are other
54:25persons who would come now and they would have their computers and they are able now to override certain
54:29systems so do not ignore the the hardware please still utilize it so i know that on this weekend yeah
54:39there's a big event coming up in the arima area and i know you want to share some information about that
54:45with us massive massive so arima will be celebrating 137 years as a borough mark 137 years
54:58that's a very long time it's a very long time so it's a a very proud moment and uh you know the
55:07the persons who are responsible for ensuring safety on that particular day the police service municipal
55:15officers uh members of the garden emergency branch interagency task force chan tobago defense force
55:22you know we will be uh approaching it from what we'll call a multi-agency sort of uh situation
55:30um so that we get the maximum amount of protection for persons who will be participating it will not
55:37take away from our daily activities regarding the presence that we usually create in the surrounding
55:44areas but we are asking persons to come out uh be part of the celebrations yes don't be part of
55:52that group of persons would want to impact the celebrations in a negative way destructed yes
55:58because we have also catered for you and there are places where we will be taking you if that
56:03situation occurs so we don't that's a contingency and we don't want to have to apply that we want that
56:11come what 12 midnight or whenever things are there's a juve there's no juve okay there's no juve okay so
56:18it's more or less uh a scale long version if you'd call it that because traditionally yes juve would
56:23be part of the celebration for many years for many years yeah but they are doing things a bit
56:29differently all things being considered uh so this year there's a scale-down version uh more or less the route uh
56:35would be hollis avenue yeah from lord kitchener avenue there's going to be a procession of some sort
56:41uh yes we will have some parade of demands no no we wouldn't have the police service ban i know you
56:47love the police service ban mark i know there's some sense of come on without without a doubt without
56:54yeah but the police man unfortunately um i don't know if it might be too late maybe they might have
56:59some steel pans and so on yes as part of that yes yes uh greater process absolutely correct of the
57:04celebrations going down into the afternoon period yes you are absolutely correct uh we will have our
57:10doi officers out there so uh straight out we are sending a message yeah that enjoy yourself have fun be
57:19part of the proceedings but don't overdo in terms of your alcohol consumption do not come there with the
57:25impression that you are going to uh make persons victims you are going to be snatching persons your
57:30items of jewelry what have you you are going to be robbing persons you are going to be assaulting
57:34persons um those things would be a no-no and if persons dare to go into those directions
57:42we have a place for them all right yes thanks so much for your time and we really appreciate you
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