POLICE COMMISSIONER IN TOBAGO

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Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro says new strategies are to be implemented.. to treat with the present uptick in murders this week. His comments to TV6 News come following a double murder in Friendship Trinidad.   The commissioner was in Tobago on Friday. More from Elizabeth Williams.

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00:00No point in time would we ever be comfortable with the level of crime that exists,

00:05but we are adapting and we are rolling out new ideas and new strategies to treat with the situations as they arise.

00:11These murders have occurred during the present state of emergency, which comes to an end on October 28th.

00:18Questioned as to whether there would be an extension, the police commissioner said he does not have the final say in the matter.

00:25Do you think you will be asking for an extension?

00:29If I am called, I will present data to the government and they would make a decision.

00:33Do you see that it should be extended at this time?

00:37When I present the data to them, they will make that decision.

00:39As to constant drone drops at the maximum security prison, he said his officers are working.

00:46The TTPS has begun to adapt to the situation and within the past two weeks,

00:50we have seen two arrests of two different persons and persons on different occasions

00:55and the seizure of a lot of contraband material that was destined for inside of the prison,

01:01along with simultaneous exercises inside of the prison.

01:04So we have adapted and we are now rolling out new strategies to treat with them.

01:08He, however, heaped praise on the heads of police in Tobago

01:11for keeping the number of murders down from 26 in 2024 to six at present.

01:18I use the word phenomenal, and you see they're standing behind me here.

01:22Correction, it's not five murders, it's six, and four of them have been solved already.

01:26And I have tasked them to ensure that we solve the other two to have a hundred percent

01:29solve rate for the end of the year.

01:31And it's a big ask, but at the time I know the gentlemen and the ladies standing before me

01:36or the back of me, they have the situation well under control.

01:40And all the places that I have visited today have heaped praises on the TTPS

01:45and its efforts in Tobago division.

01:47And I would also like to add the same. Kudos to them.

01:49What do you want to tell the people of Tobago as police commissioner?

01:53Get on board with the TTPS.

01:55The police commissioner paid courtesy calls on the chief secretary,

01:59Farley-Augustin, minority leader, Kelvon Morris,

02:02members of the Tobago chamber and visited all police stations across Tobago.

02:08Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.

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