00:00Police Commissioner Alistair
00:02along with Deputy Commissioner of Police Susette Martin,
00:06Assistant Commissioner of Police Oswin Subero
00:08and the Senior Superintendent of Police Earl Eli
00:12walked the streets of Scarborough
00:14during the 4th Annual Tobago October Carnival Juve event.
00:19Questioned on the crime situation,
00:21he boasted of a 300% decrease in serious crimes in the country.
00:26That's a 300% decrease in the murders between last year and this year
00:30and an almost 80% or 90% salary.
00:34Excellent job. Commendation to them.
00:36What do you want to tell your officers in Tobago?
00:38Crime is relatively down in Tobago.
00:41They're not armed with respect to also murders
00:43because this time last year, in comparison,
00:47it would have been over 20-something murders.
00:51I would just like to tell them, keep up the good work
00:53and whatever you're doing, continue to do it.
00:55Phenomenal. I want to offer commendations
00:57to the gold commander and the silver commander.
01:01I felt when I come to Tobago today, I felt the love.
01:04I felt the, I felt secure.
01:07Coming here today, I realized that everybody in Trinidad came to Tobago.
01:11So I'm wondering if the island could stay afloat
01:12or if it's going to sink.
01:14Over 40,000 people participated in juve activities
01:18in Scarborough on Saturday.
01:20And according to the commissioner, no one was locked up, few fights.
01:24In fact, he said, it was incident-free.
01:28Excellent crowd control.
01:29Can't ask for anything better.
01:31Incident-free does that.
01:32Juve started at 4 a.m., went through to 10 a.m.
01:37with the pan and the powder event taking place on Saturday night.
01:41asked about additional security measures
01:44for the upcoming THA election.
01:47We support that Tobago needs to augment its strength
01:49and to ensure the security of its...
01:51If it's here, we will make sure and send it.
01:53Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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