00:00Police Commissioner Alastair Gravaro had a moment of reflection in the Roman Catholic
00:04Cathedral on the eastern end of downtown Port of Spain, as he led a walkabout with the city's
00:10mayor, Chinua Lane, and other officials before the official opening of the Brian Lara Promenade
00:16Police Post.
00:17Last year, this time, there were 400 robberies in the city of Port of Spain for the year.
00:24And this year, it's 258. Why all you think that is? Astute leadership, professionalism,
00:37and getting the officers under their command to do what is right.
00:42Mayor Lane said the police post on the Promenade is the second one in Port of Spain.
00:48The first police post that we opened is on South Quay, and we opened that police post in
00:53support of our program in collaborating with the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service in
00:59support of our program to see a more orderly city so that the parking enforcement initiative
01:06that you see happening in the downtown Port of Spain area, that initiative is supported
01:12by the South Quay police post.
01:15Downtown Owners and Merchants Association President Gregory Abood praised the work of hardworking
01:21police officers. As he said, business owners are willing to assist in the construction of
01:26another police post.
01:27So you don't have to look for an abandoned taxi stand. We will help you to build a post
01:34all the way east because when somebody has their personal belongings snatched here, the perpetrators
01:39do not run to Richmond Street. They run to that eastern flank. And once you are on that eastern flank,
01:45they are not going to be encouraged if their exit route of escape is blocked.
01:51The mayor explained that the police post on the Promenade caters in part for cruise ship arrivals.
01:57Ladies and gentlemen, we sought to ensure that we can open this police post in advance of the bulk of the
02:05of the bulk of the cruise ship season, in advance of the bulk of the Christmas season, in advance of the
02:12bulk of the Carnival season. But this is not a seasonal police post. My commitment to you
02:20is that for as long as I wear this chain, this police post will be a fixture in downtown Port of Spain.
02:27And the opening of the Brown-Larra Promenade police post saw politics being put aside for a moment
02:32as Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander, the mayor and Port of Spain South MP Keith Scotland
02:39all attended the ceremony. Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
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