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03:14Good evening, Trinidad and Tobago.
03:16And those of you who are locked on internationally and, of course, throughout the region.
03:20This is Beyond the Tape.
03:21I'm your host, Whitney Husbands.
03:23Now, today is the day before Friday as we get ready to close off the work week.
03:28But we always see a moment that pops up that makes everyone say, what the hell is that?
03:34And today was that moment where we saw a pedestrian.
03:38And, of course, we have to say condolences to the family because, from what we understand,
03:42the person lost their lives right on the eastbound lane, which was right by the MP flyover.
03:47And this is where we will discuss a little bit more on how persons need to be aware also as
03:53pedestrians when you see vehicles on the road.
03:56And you may not be able to average properly, but it is very important that you understand that you need
04:04to pay attention
04:04and use what is around you for the pedestrian.
04:08Now, today is a day where we have one of our favorite officers with us.
04:11It is Thursday, so that means we have ASP Russell here with us this evening.
04:15Good evening to you, sir. And how are you?
04:17Good evening, Ms. Husbands. And good evening, Trinidad and Tobago.
04:20And to our international viewers on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner,
04:25First and Second Division Officers of the?
04:28Esteem.
04:29Esteem Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.
04:30As usual, it's a pleasure to be here.
04:32No, listen.
04:33I saw one of your DCPs today, DCP Benjamin, you know, making sure that his presence was felt
04:41because I went to a symposium with Mr. Ali that he had on today.
04:46And let me tell you, the turnout was fantastic.
04:48And we saw the different stakeholders that were there represented.
04:51And I learned a lot.
04:52I wish I was able to stay longer, but the time I was there, I was able to gather information.
04:56And I hope that with all the talks and the experts that were there, we were able to also implement
05:01it with action moving forward.
05:03So it was a great day today.
05:05Well, I'm happy to hear that.
05:06And I'm happy that you seem pretty fond of my Deputy Commissioner.
05:12Yes.
05:12I worked with him.
05:13I had the pleasure of working with him.
05:15He's a very humble gentleman.
05:17Actually, he was the first person who gave me my first break on Beyond the Tape.
05:22So my success today would not have been possible without Mr. Benjamin.
05:26And, of course, Miss Archie, I cannot speak about here without calling Miss Archie's name.
05:31But, yeah, you know, we, the Toronto Bigger Police, we want to say thank you to Mr. Ali for all
05:35that he would have done.
05:36I understand the symposium was a very good one today.
05:38And, you know, what we need with respect to these symposiums is that we have the follow-through.
05:45And that person's really action what they commit to do.
05:49You know, a lot of the times we have these talks, these conversations, seminars, symposiums, et cetera.
05:54And then when it's completed and we walk out, it's like we forget all that was disseminated to us wise
06:00in that arena.
06:02So I'm hoping that, you know, we all do what we say we would do for the better mental science.
06:09Well, I will say that from what I heard, the majority of the persons who are in the room, that
06:14was the concern.
06:15And they're trying their best to make sure that they move forward with action.
06:18So we'll just wait and see, but they're trying.
06:20And that's all we could really ask for.
06:22So we're going to dive in, as I mentioned today, a moment of someone's life that was taken.
06:28And when you take the chance and the risk when trying to cross any road, it doesn't matter if it's
06:34a highway, main road.
06:36We're seeing here an incident that took place earlier today where a pedestrian comes into contact with a vehicle.
06:45When I saw it, I was praying that didn't happen.
06:48Jesus.
06:49Yeah.
06:52Yeah.
06:54Yes, V?
06:55And this person is attempting to cross three lanes of traffic on the busy highway.
07:02Let me say firstly, on behalf of the Chantebago Police Service, condolences to the family of the gentleman.
07:08I mean, I hope we learn from situations like these.
07:14Because how it appears, you know, he tried to just run across the road.
07:19One driver was able to serve away, and this driver actually tried to serve away.
07:24But when somebody just ends up in front of your vehicle, and looking at that, that's where in the vicinity
07:30of the market, right?
07:31Yes, correct.
07:32A little higher up, closer to the beat up, just by where they're doing the construction of the new building,
07:38the new agency building, there's a walk over there.
07:41And I will tell you something.
07:42There's one by Seelots as well.
07:43There's one by Seelots as well.
07:45Because there was a time I used to work in my young days in a particular place in Seelots.
07:51Yes.
07:52And I too, before I joined the police division, Antebago.
07:55You're being honest.
07:56Used to run across the road like that.
07:59And sometimes we see it even on the beat up highway in the night.
08:02So I'm asking persons, if you value your life, please, please exercise extreme caution when crossing the road.
08:13And by no means should a person be crossing the highway like that.
08:16Yes.
08:17Now, when one incident surfaces on social media, just start to see other videos pop up, like this one.
08:28So I want to listen to this.
08:30So why I had to wait here whole day in front of my license and insurance?
08:34You could wait, you could wait, hold here, and then I would...
08:36Pardon me, I have work to do, you know.
08:37I don't mind taking any tickets or not.
08:39Listen, listen, listen, I'm not a part.
08:42Would it come at me?
08:44How I come at you?
08:45By trying to explain myself?
08:46Yes, it is.
08:47That's where this country come to.
08:48Listen, Mr. Gentleman.
08:50I'm being very honest if you're not telling you as is.
08:53If you want to speak to me, speak to me with respect because I never...
08:55How do I speak to you so you call a baby and honey and popo and love and a thing?
09:03By trying to explain myself whether I ask a question?
09:08There is victimization.
09:10Yes, it is.
09:11You have my permit and my insurance.
09:13Right, yes.
09:13I don't mind the ticket, I don't have a pocket, I understand.
09:15I do anything with your partner.
09:17No, I don't need to take it.
09:18You look like a human being.
09:19Okay, let me explain the situation to you.
09:22She have to renew, she permit, right?
09:23No, I don't.
09:25She lost the permit, right?
09:27I was trying to go in there to meet you, no problem.
09:29You're lying here, no seat, right?
09:31Listen to me, 12 humans, right?
09:33I drive up there.
09:34No park, no problem.
09:35No parking, science restricted, no seat.
09:37I was riding when she woke up, right?
09:40Tell me the humanity in you, right?
09:43Is it no problem to drive from there to come right here with the rocester, one seat, two
09:46and she left?
09:47He was standing up right here, wasn't blocking the road.
09:49He didn't have no traffic, nothing.
09:50It's a fence.
09:51Eh?
09:51It's a fence.
09:52Okay, it's not a fence, right?
09:54I'm a business.
09:55I have a word to go.
09:55I have a funeral to go and broadcast.
09:57Tell me the purpose of why I decided to be waiting here.
10:00I know the officer, I've taken documents to go and verify the information.
10:04So why are you telling me how to wait for?
10:06You have to verify the information, sir, and then you will give me the...
10:14How long does that usually take, sir?
10:18Come on, let me tell you.
10:19I have to verify the information.
10:20So there are five minutes after that.
10:22Many people waiting for me to go and shoot me the funeral.
10:28We are all humans, too, ASP.
10:33Well, um...
10:34That's what you said.
10:35Yes, and I understand what he is saying.
10:38You are hearing the licensing officer saying that he is...
10:43He took the documents to try to go and verify the information.
10:49But I'm saying, you know, when we have to treat each other with respect and dignity,
10:55and the gentleman is really saying that he has no problem taking the ticket.
10:58So I think, you know, we have to understand, notwithstanding, somebody would have committed a traffic breach.
11:06If you are to issue a personal ticket, you know, let us try.
11:09And I say that for the police officers as well.
11:12Yeah.
11:12Let us try to issue the ticket in the quickest possible time so that person could continue on their journey.
11:18Let us not.
11:19It's a kind of thin line sometimes between doing your job and abusing.
11:24And I'm not saying that the officer is abusing.
11:27I want to tread very carefully on these matters involving the licensing officers
11:32because they also assist us in many of our exercises.
11:36But I'm saying the customer service, and I would have heard it plenty of times on the TTPS side,
11:43that the customer service being given to the public could always do with some improvement.
11:47I am saying we want to issue somebody a fixed penalty, let us do what we have to do.
11:52And, you know, even if there's a little way to explain it, sir, I need to do this.
11:57It's going to take me five minutes to just verify, and then ten minutes to issue the ticket.
12:02It might be about 15 minutes, and then you'll be on your way.
12:04And I think, you know, based on the tone, the rhythm, the speech, the language, how we interact with each
12:10other,
12:10it could quell some of these things.
12:12I'm hoping my colleagues, my other colleagues, Shorty Minister of National Security,
12:16are looking as well as, especially my officers in Shantibig, the police service,
12:19so that we don't find ourselves in situations like this.
12:24I hope we didn't get a ticket, though.
12:25We wouldn't know.
12:26Well...
12:27Maybe he might call his show.
12:28Someone might call his show and let us know if he received the ticket or not.
12:31I believe he would have received the ticket.
12:32You think so?
12:33Yeah, I believe he would have received the ticket.
12:35You'll never know, you know.
12:36No, I believe he would have received the ticket.
12:39Can I ask why?
12:42I will tell you something.
12:44If you were in that situation, you were issuing a ticket after he explained himself
12:48and showing documents, evidence.
12:51Remember, we only see when the video starts from a particular point, eh?
12:54Yes, I know.
12:55So you didn't know what was before that.
12:58Right.
12:59And, you know, sometimes we tend to make judgment without seeing the entire video.
13:03So I want to refrain from making any judgment from Antelago without seeing the entire video.
13:07Maybe if I was there, I may have, you know, tried to quell certain things.
13:12But I was not there, so I am not going to make any pronouncement on TV6's TV station about that.
13:19Okay.
13:19Seems like Mr. Ali has taught you well with the legal side of things.
13:24Right now, let's take a look at what's making today's update with the SOE.
13:30Number of operations, 875.
13:34Number of targets, priority offenders, 312.
13:40Searches conducted, 1,032.
13:43Traffic operations, 425.
13:45Total persons arrested, 325.
13:49Total persons charged, 61.
13:54Firearms recovered.
13:55We are seeing increase with the shotguns, giving us a total of 17.
14:00Ammunition recovered.
14:02An increase of rounds of 9mm.
14:05Also, the round of 12 gauge, giving us a total of 434.
14:09And 34 undangered drugs seized again.
14:12We are seeing increase with the grams of cannabis and also the grams of cocaine ASB.
14:18Firearms, ammunition, and drugs, eh?
14:20Yes, yeah.
14:20Seems to be the thing of the day.
14:22You know, in Trinidad and Tobago, we have to understand that we all have to play our part to the
14:26rate of our streets.
14:27Of our streets of, you know, these illegal items.
14:31Because where there's drugs, guess what?
14:33There will be guns.
14:34There will be guns.
14:35And where there are guns, there will be?
14:36Crime and violence.
14:38Ammunition as well.
14:39Because the block has to be protected.
14:42So, do not ignore the drug block.
14:47Because that same drug block comes back at you.
14:51Don't wait until the person who is trying to get their next high break open to your house to get
14:57items to sell to go by the pusherman.
15:00You know, you always say this every time we speak about drugs and guns and ammunition.
15:05And I hope persons understand the importance of your block.
15:09And it is not just people just gathering, just chilling, having a good time.
15:13Nothing positive comes out of chilling on a block.
15:17And sometimes you're exposing yourself, not saying you're in something, eh?
15:20You're just exposing yourself for persons who may be looking to send a message.
15:25And you innocently just being there in your neighborhood, being on that said block.
15:30Because it's one of the dangers that we see a lot.
15:32You know, persons just go out on the corner and sit down and lime.
15:35And chill, yeah.
15:36The days of going out on the corner and sit down and lime, I think we need to kind of
15:40just put a pause to that until we get back to a place where it is safer to do so.
15:46Because you may be liming with your friend, but you don't know what your friend was doing before.
15:51Or who is your friends or partners or colleagues outside of the neighborhood.
15:58Because they are persons who may not commit crime in their neighborhood, but would go outside and meet their other
16:03gang members, their other team, their other criminal friends.
16:07Yes.
16:07And commit heinous crimes.
16:09And then come back to the neighborhood and then you stand up, lime in with them on the corner.
16:13And somebody pass, drive by, recognize, hey, this is the person who robbed me last week.
16:19And then you're in a situation where you are a victim.
16:23Yes.
16:23And even a victim of just being in your car and you get caught up being on your phone and
16:27you park up.
16:27Get inside your house.
16:29How about that?
16:29Get inside your house as quickly as possible.
16:32Please and thank you.
16:32I like how you said that.
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19:58And welcome back to Beyond the Tape with us.
20:00We have ASP, Russell, my co-host, of course, each and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
20:05Now, ASP, hit and run.
20:07We are seeing a lot of those.
20:09And in this one, this one was circulating.
20:11And they're still trying to get more information on who the driver was.
20:15Take a look at this video.
20:18Now, we're seeing here police are searching for the driver involved in a hit and run incident on Tuesday night
20:26that left a Venezuelan woman injured along a busy roadway in California.
20:30So, you know, the victim who was not identified by police and who resides nearby in Sanford Street sustained injuries
20:39to her head and suffered a fractured right arm in the incident and was taken for medical treatment.
20:46So, anyone with information on this vehicle, and that could assist by calling 555-999, you really need any information
21:00at all ASP that could assist.
21:02Of course, and let me just reiterate, 800-TIPS-555-999, your friendly neighborhood police officer walking to the station.
21:10I want to challenge Trinidad and Tobago right here, right now, to put yourself in that position.
21:19If it was your friend, your sister, your mother, your wife, your girlfriend, your aunt, your niece, in that position.
21:27I am saying to that driver, you know what you did.
21:34Turn yourself in to the station.
21:38Trinidad and Tobago, the ones who always know that the police are wicked.
21:46Who is wicked in this situation here?
21:49You know, I never hear them say that the driver is wicked.
21:53Or the criminals who are shooting and rubbing each other, wicked.
21:58We need to start a stand-up for these things.
22:02Now, I was not going to ask you, who will be responsible for the young lady's injuries here now?
22:07The driver, the said vehicle, providing that in Trinidad and Tobago,
22:11we give them another chance to come and say, hey, I recognize the vehicle.
22:17I know the vehicle.
22:20Somebody know where the vehicle is covered down.
22:22Or the vehicle is in somebody's garage.
22:24Trying to get that license, pay their money.
22:26The vehicle is in somebody's garage attempting to be repaired.
22:30Or it's covered down by someone's property.
22:35Let your conscience be a guide.
22:39In this case with persons who the pavement is not really,
22:43you can't see a pavement there because that is a parking space for cars for businesses, clearly.
22:49What could pedestrians do as best as they can?
22:53We can't see an accident happen before it really happens.
22:57But what could we do here?
22:59If you look at this video as well, she would have recognized something was going to happen.
23:03And she started, I mean, as best as she could, move inwards on a different side of the pavement.
23:14But it was inevitable.
23:16From since that position there, she started to move back.
23:20But is that really a pavement?
23:21And parking on the footpath is indeed an offense.
23:26Some businesses have it by the vehicle park.
23:27But even instead of vehicle parking in front of your business place, it must leave space for persons to walk.
23:32I mean, in this case, she was on the pavement and still was a victim.
23:37Well, somewhat.
23:38But there was another guy, he was more or less walking in the road as well because vehicles are parked
23:43on the pavement.
23:45And persons, you know, when you stop them, I know my rights.
23:49Yet still you're doing that you're not supposed to park on the pavement.
23:52Some persons think that allow the free flow of traffic.
23:55And I know we sometimes see it around police stations as well, so I'm not going to say we are
24:00totally immune from that as well.
24:02So we do those things where persons are parking half the vehicle on the pavement, half on the footpath, hence
24:08reducing the footpath for persons to walk.
24:11I almost got a ticket.
24:12And that is a ticket about your fence.
24:14You can't be wrecked for that.
24:16But I got a blind.
24:17See, they used the discretion.
24:19Yes, they did in that moment.
24:21Yeah.
24:21That was good police.
24:22Before I jumped out of the vehicle, they said, ma'am, how about again?
24:25We have a caller on the line.
24:26Caller, good evening.
24:29Hello, good evening.
24:30Good evening.
24:30Good evening, caller.
24:32Yes, I called some time ago to get information on a section under the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act
24:40that says it is an offence to park in the opposite direction.
24:45I didn't get that section.
24:47Yes.
24:48All right.
24:48But what I'm calling on this evening, and perhaps this accident is a good example.
24:54A lot of emphasis is placed by the police on see something, say something.
25:05The officer, I'm quite sure, is experienced enough that police investigation entails a lot more than just requiring assistance from
25:16the public.
25:18The police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police ought to be equipped with the tools to
25:23do scientific identification.
25:26This accident is a good example.
25:28For example, right, you have a vehicle, we see the back of the vehicle, and they ought to have the
25:36tools where they can look and examine that and get the registration number of the vehicle.
25:43What we're hearing again, you come back now in terms of asking the public, what are the police doing in
25:51terms of using scientific information to solve crimes?
25:57I can't tell everybody the last two years hearing anything relative to that.
26:02Every time an incident takes place, we want the public assistance.
26:07Right?
26:08A crime could take place.
26:09You can do, you can solve a crime with somebody, depending on the sneakers they use, what you get from
26:15the scene.
26:16There are a number of tools that can be used, and why aren't the police doing that with respect to
26:22the investigation?
26:23You see an incident in London, right, where something takes place on a bus or something like that, and the
26:30kind of investigation you see within perhaps a day or two they can come out and give some kind of
26:37direction or even identify somebody or show some picture of someone who might have been involved.
26:45Right?
26:46We can't even get something in terms of the color of the vehicle.
26:49They can't even say whether it's the make of the vehicle.
26:52And you have the back of the vehicle that is very, very, very clear.
26:57Why can't they use the tools?
26:59The tools are available.
27:01Right?
27:02All right.
27:03And that is my, that is my concern.
27:05Thank you so much, sir.
27:06ASP, you could, I think you missed the message that you gave last week.
27:12I have quite a few things to address with the caller.
27:16And a lot of persons sit at home and they look at these shows where the crime is always solved
27:20in 40 minutes with ads.
27:22But it does not operate so.
27:25Fingerprint evidence is scientific evidence.
27:27Video evidence.
27:27And I'm certain that the police station in which that district, that this accident occurred, would have gone and canvassed
27:33the area and would have retrieved footage.
27:37There are investigations I am doing at this present time where we retrieve footage.
27:41And it was slowed down and it was frame by frame reconstructed.
27:45There are times when they see homicides taking place and the person's going on the scene when they do their
27:51photographs and they're going in their white, their white suits.
27:55It's to gather scientific evidence.
27:56It's to gather footprint.
27:58And I've seen the machine where they take the, where the cast and the dimensions of the.
28:04No, I'm saying we have tools.
28:06We don't have everything.
28:07You could say you have the tools.
28:08But we have a lot of tools and I want to tell the, because once there's a break in, Ms.
28:13Osborne, we come and we dust your house with fingerprints.
28:17Sometimes criminals, they're witty.
28:20Sometimes they have different ideas.
28:22Yeah.
28:22But we understand we cannot do this by ourselves.
28:26But we asking the public for help does not negate the fact that we are using all that is in
28:31our power.
28:31So the caller must understand, notwithstanding, that every piece of information that we get, that we obtain, we retrieve, helps
28:40take us one step closer and would only solidify and strengthen the evidential items that we are gathering along the
28:52way.
28:52With respect to the information that the caller requested, caller, I did answer the question.
28:58You may not have been tuning in to the set at that point in time.
29:01The MVN RT Act, Chapter 4850, Section 5.1.
29:06And it states, he shall keep the motor vehicle on the left of the road unless prevented by some sufficient
29:11cause,
29:12save where the road is wide enough to accommodate three motor vehicles abreast and is marked off by the competent
29:19authority with a center-line allowing vehicles occupying the center to turn right.
29:24The ticketed violation is that the driver failed to keep the motor vehicle on the left of the roadway.
29:31In other words, once you see the vehicle being parked on the opposite side, he would have failed because he
29:36would have had to cross the traffic to park there in the first place.
29:40The fine for the offence is $2,000, sir.
29:44That is the name of the offence, failing to keep the motor vehicle to the left.
29:49So I did answer your question, sir, and I have answered it again.
29:53So I hope you understand where the police service is with respect to scientific evidence going forward.
29:58Thank you. We have another caller. Caller, good evening.
30:02Hello?
30:03Hello, good evening.
30:05Good evening to you, ma'am.
30:07Good evening. I want to ask the officer a question.
30:10Of course.
30:11Officer, I would like to know if a traffic warden could give a ticket for a vehicular violation
30:19and could a licensing officer give a ticket for a traffic violation?
30:26And it's not fair.
30:29Yes, please.
30:30Do they want to know if the traffic wardens could give tickets?
30:34Yes, the traffic warden could give tickets for vehicular violations.
30:37It depends on what type of violation it is.
30:40There may be some violations that may require the vehicle to be escorted to the license office
30:47to be inspected first.
30:50Yes, but there are other fixed penalty tickets that they can issue as well.
30:55And with respect to the license officers, yes, there are fixed penalty tickets
30:59that the license officers can is actually they can issue tickets for anything.
31:05Because the license officers, they are really in charge of that road with safety network.
31:09Our powers do overlap, so we can do traffic and criminal and otherwise,
31:14but their thing is motor vehicle maintenance upkeep.
31:17That road will belong to them.
31:19So, yes, they could.
31:21Those white shirts, boy.
31:22Call on the line.
31:24Caller, good evening.
31:25Good evening.
31:26Good evening to you, sir.
31:28Good evening, sir.
31:29Good evening, sir.
31:30I had accidentally hit an one accident at a shoulder.
31:36I am one of our victims of that time.
31:40That's all right.
31:40That was since October.
31:435th of October, this accident happened.
31:45And up to this time, I haven't heard or get any kind of news or report or anything controlling it.
31:55And the person is done buried, cremated, and everything already.
31:59What area, sir?
32:02It happened in Arima.
32:03Arima.
32:04Okay.
32:04Yes.
32:07We'll ask him to leave his number.
32:09Yeah, we'll do it.
32:10Not right now.
32:11At least we could get some information.
32:13No closure.
32:14Yeah, definitely.
32:14It's very important.
32:15So, if we leave your number, so we would get on to you.
32:18But, ask me, my thing is, this is not, even a dog has a life, right?
32:24Mm-hmm.
32:25But to drive off on a human being is crazy to me.
32:29I know shock is a factor, right?
32:32But to drive off, you know, when you just knock down a human being and refuse to stop,
32:40even if eventually I stop, you didn't come back?
32:43I'll tell you something, too.
32:45Sometimes persons driving, they're under the influence or they know that their vehicle is not insured
32:53or their certificate of insurance is not authentic.
32:58Yes, it's something called flash insurance.
33:01A lot of the times, they know what they are involved in, what they have in their vehicle.
33:08And it just goes to show why their need for continuous roadblocks and surveillance of the road networks.
33:17Because who knows what he or she had in that vehicle.
33:22Who knows whether the driving documents of that driver were valid or otherwise.
33:27Now, if you do not have a driver's permit and your insurance only covers a permitted driver, then what?
33:37Pressure for you.
33:38You know, and, you know, the job of the police service is a very hard one.
33:42It's a thankless job.
33:44And it's a job where we go, we can, sometimes I feel and I stand here that the police service
33:50can never do enough.
33:52And I will tell you something.
33:53I would have investigated accidents where persons would have driven off.
33:57And there's a process you go through.
33:59You take the information, you canvass the area, you see if you have cameras.
34:02Once you get the number now, you now apply to license office.
34:05But here we do.
34:06And then they would now go on their system or their database.
34:09Sometimes we may be able to find it on our database as well.
34:11But then here, what's going on?
34:13Nice, loving, law-abiding, Trinidad and Tobago.
34:16When you find out the registered owner and you knock on the registered owner's door,
34:22side-seller vehicle five years ago.
34:23Wow.
34:24If I'm to turn and charge him now for failing to transfer the vehicle.
34:28Which you could do.
34:30Then the police wicked.
34:31Yeah.
34:32We take that break.
34:34We'll be back.
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34:36We'll be back.
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36:46Let's take a look at this video here.
36:49ESP.
36:51Now, when we see young men again, could we say, I mean, that's not loitering.
36:58Loitering is if you're in a space doing nothing.
37:00But where you're saying they have no bag, they're just there.
37:05They're up to mischief.
37:07Yeah.
37:08Are we wrong to assume, as you said, they're up to mischief by profiling these young men?
37:13Are we wrong?
37:15I would not say we are wrong, you know.
37:18But to see, you know, there are persons who would see you really searching them or inquiring
37:26of them as to their whereabouts and, you know, why are you standing there?
37:30What are you up to?
37:39Yeah.
37:40You know, that is how people do.
37:41People have to get with the times of their husbands and understand that we have a job
37:45to do and our job is to make sure that the place is safe, to make every place in Chile
37:50and Tobago safe.
37:51Isn't it really not funny car like it says, like, you know, I mean, I know it's a strategy
37:55is a look to make it seem like, you know, I'm just standing up outside my car.
38:03But, yeah, I'm trying to figure out because I hope you're not to be watching.
38:07Okay.
38:08Watch your good mommy, good child who never do nothing.
38:14I want to see how he enters the car because I want to see.
38:20So the car was open and he's reaching for something.
38:23So that means the car being unlocked, the key is there.
38:29But you bend down looking for something.
38:34Yeah, man, you can put in something in the ignition.
38:36That's a key.
38:39It could be a key or a screwdriver that he would have taken out of his pocket.
38:44But I believe the vehicle was left open.
38:48Yeah.
38:49Because there was no forced entry.
38:50In this situation we're seeing here, is that the owner?
38:54Or let's show that's not the owner because the way in which the gentleman
38:56looked at the car.
39:02Jackie, watch the gentleman coming in blue.
39:10Alright, so they're getting ready to pull off.
39:15He asked me what the gentleman in the blue cap with the bag.
39:20But it doesn't look like he was going to the car.
39:22No, but look how he responded.
39:24Maybe he knows the owner of the can recognize, but that car does not belong to them.
39:31But look, he's watching the car.
39:32Yeah, but he looked like he was walking past the car.
39:35No, but why would you walk past the car and watch a vehicle drive off and watch it stunned?
39:39Yeah, but if you are the driver of the vehicle and you're going to the driver's side,
39:43you would not be, I'd highly unlikely be going to the back of the car to come into the driver's
39:48door.
39:49He would have probably walked off the pavement there to go.
39:52No, but sometimes...
39:52Well, look, he's walking straight there.
39:53He's not even looking.
39:55No, but now he's looking.
39:55When the car starts to drive off.
39:58But in that direction, he's going there.
40:00He's not even going towards the vehicle.
40:01I believe he knows the owner.
40:03But you know, it could be a strategy.
40:05Some people pretend like I'm not walking towards my car, just in case anybody is marking me.
40:09But the way he looked at this car, and even paused, nobody will stop and watch somebody drive off.
40:15You're so stunned seeing somebody drive off.
40:19You see?
40:20He looks shocked.
40:22He looks shocked.
40:25Maybe he knows someone.
40:27Probably he...
40:28Who knows the car?
40:28Probably himself.
40:29His car, I really feel it for him.
40:31He is a senior citizen, and maybe he would have forgotten the keys or in the vehicle or something.
40:38Or he would have gone up.
40:40He didn't see any forced entry, because he would have recognized the gentleman gained access to the inside of the
40:46car quite quickly.
40:48So, well, let me say quickly for the English persons that are looking.
40:53Yeah, so, you know, I ask persons to be vigilant.
40:57Yeah.
40:59To be aware of the surroundings.
41:00We repeat that time over time over time.
41:04I mean, in the gentleman's case, he's a senior citizen.
41:07I mean, oh, God.
41:08Yeah, just...
41:09If it's your vehicle, it's heartbreaking.
41:11Oh, your C-pops come out of the vehicle.
41:13Why?
41:14Anyone with information, of course, we need you to send it to the nearest police station or contact 555-999.
41:22We are back to the phone lines at this time.
41:24Caller, good evening.
41:28Hello.
41:30Hello, good day.
41:31Good evening to you, sir.
41:32Good evening, sir.
41:34Yes, sir.
41:35I have a little problem.
41:36Some years gone by, I surveyed my property, got all the points and things marked of the casaster sheet.
41:44Now, I'm trying to fetch my property, but my neighbor keep objecting physically about the maintenance of the new work,
41:52and we were thrown off, you know.
41:55We were disrupted from the new work.
41:57He said he don't want no fencing at all, but he probably fed.
42:02So, was a report made?
42:03What can I do?
42:05Was a report made?
42:08No, I'm going to report on the matter that I still lost.
42:11I don't know what to do.
42:13All right, Carlos, thank you.
42:13So, I would suggest that you make a report to the station.
42:16Go into the station with all the documentation that you have to show proof of ownership for your property.
42:23Go with the surveillance point, the boundaries, et cetera.
42:26Ask to speak to probably the sergeant, the corporal, and explain the situation to them, and have them have a
42:32conversation with your neighbor.
42:34Let's start by that first before we take it any further.
42:38You're free to call back the program to give me an update, and I would probably have to take your
42:44number afterwards and advise you further.
42:46So, try that step first.
42:48Go into the station, make a report, carry all the documentary evidence to show ownership of the land,
42:53and have the police accompany you to the property where they can have a conversation with the other person.
42:59Now, let me tell you something, you know, a person's thing that, especially when it comes to property,
43:05the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, in the absence of a court order that so directs them,
43:10cannot remove anybody from any house, take anybody out of any house, put anybody out of any house,
43:16or put anybody off of anybody's land.
43:18There is a court system that goes with that.
43:21Unless you have a court order that so directs, then we can really act.
43:26I hope that answered the question to the gentleman.
43:29Please go and make a report.
43:30We take that break.
43:31We'll be back.
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46:10Welcome back.
46:11The phone lines are open for you to give us a call.
46:13We have a call on the line.
46:14Caller, good evening.
46:15Yeah, pleasant evening.
46:16Good evening, caller.
46:17So, good evening.
46:19Thank you to the co-host, proper host of the MLP program.
46:24I still get to find out what happened.
46:26This man who killed the parents in the K-Pack on Caravan Friday,
46:31his protection has been on every billboard and all over the nation
46:35for people to know who yielded up.
46:37Because I'm sure it's somebody's son, it's somebody's nephew, it's somebody's brother.
46:41People must know who yields.
46:43Plus, the next miller by grandmother's house.
46:45You see, the problem is, after these girls commit these crimes,
46:49they become so comfortable.
46:51You know what I'm saying?
46:52But if the police probably create a team, an elite team,
46:57pay these girls overtime and say, watch me.
46:59This is our last time, man.
47:01Get these two fellas to me.
47:02Pay these fellas overtime and get these fellas off the street.
47:06Because these fellas are getting to relax and these fellas are getting to be comfortable.
47:10That's my contribution.
47:11Thank you, sir.
47:13He's speaking of the Cuba incident with a couple.
47:15Yes.
47:16He's gone down in front of each other.
47:18Yeah.
47:18And Trinidad and Tobago, we understand that that is an incident that is fresh in the minds of the public
47:25still.
47:26It's still being.
47:27So, the TTPS will be giving some updates as to where that investigation is at the point in time.
47:35And very soon, we intend to give some feedback with respect to that and some other incidents that really initiate
47:45that national interest.
47:46So, anyone is in custody?
47:48So, anyone is in custody?
47:49Not to mind knowing.
47:50Okay.
47:51However, and that is where, you know, like the gentlemen say, we continue to ask the public for help.
47:59But the police are the public and the public are the police.
48:02Because somebody must have heard something.
48:05Somebody must have seen something.
48:08Somebody must have had an idea.
48:10Sometimes you go and you get camera footage, but sometimes the camera footage is not even footage that really points
48:15you in a direction.
48:16It may just show it's a black vehicle.
48:19Sometimes the tools you may have, as good as they may be, may not be able to really say it's
48:25a black Toyota registration number, whatever, whatever.
48:31So, that is where we really cry out for the need of the public who might be able to say,
48:36well, it was not.
48:37It was a Toyota, you know.
48:38I know the whole thing, but it was a PEL.
48:41The first two digits was seven and five.
48:43Can I remember the last one and we continue to go, you know, investigation is something crafty, it's with it,
48:50it's time consuming.
48:52Not 40 minutes with a break.
48:54Not 40 minutes with ads.
48:56All right, we have another caller.
48:57Caller, good evening.
48:59Hello, good evening.
49:00Good evening to you, sir.
49:03Good evening, lady and an officer.
49:06Good evening, sir.
49:06I am calling, I am calling because I went and I bought a regulation book and I have driving 45
49:15years now.
49:16So, I went through all the regulations, but I was charged for going, making a right to an intersection with
49:30a yellow box and the officer said that I was charged because they have an arrow painted on the ground,
49:38a white arrow painted on the ground.
49:40But with all due respect, that is not in the regulation book.
49:45Also, parking on one side of the road, contrary to the flow of traffic, is also not in the regulation
49:57book.
49:58I spoke to a lawyer about this and he said to me that as far as he is concerned, that
50:05is illegal, that you cannot bring out laws that say that an arrow on the ground painted means no right
50:14to it when it is not in the regulation book.
50:16Or you're parking on, if traffic is going west and you're facing east on the side that traffic is going
50:26west, you aren't charged, giving people a ticket for that.
50:29That is unlawful.
50:31So, I think that you all are setting up drivers, especially new drivers, learning the regulation.
50:38It's not in the book and they are getting charged for this.
50:42How could this be?
50:43How come the police is not aware that this is not in the regulation book?
50:50You all are not looking to write to this.
50:53You see, you all are not looking well with this at all, at all.
50:57And I'm driving 45 years and I'm saying that what you all are doing is illegal.
51:04Unless you put that in your regulation book.
51:07Don't give me a ticket if traffic is slow.
51:10If I am going west and I park on the left side facing east, you cannot give me a ticket
51:21for that because it is not in the regulation book.
51:25Also, you are telling me that an arrow painted on the ground, I was in traffic a morning making a
51:32right to my intersection with a yellow box.
51:35And when I make the right, 200 yards of the road, the order wait and give me a ticket telling
51:41me that I make a legal turn.
51:44That is not in the regulation book.
51:46How could you all be charging people for this?
51:49I don't want to sound biased as a senior citizen, but as far as I'm concerned, I mean, I contest
51:56my ticket and I'm going to win my case.
51:58But what you all are doing is wrong, sir.
52:03All right.
52:03I wanted to get if there was a certain edition of the regulations, the book that he is speaking of
52:09because laws change.
52:11Not only does laws change, I am trying to find out, you know, he speaks about the regulation.
52:16I'm speaking about the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act.
52:18So he didn't, 4850, so he didn't specify where he would have read it.
52:22I'm not certain if he spoke, he's speaking about he went out by the driver's regulation book or he is
52:27in the road traffic act.
52:28But I'm saying to you, you are going down, let's say traffic road.
52:32All right.
52:33Our vehicles are right-hand drive.
52:35All right.
52:36So we drive on the left side of the road.
52:37Agree?
52:38Correct.
52:39And the offense is driver failing to keep motor vehicle to the left of the roadway.
52:45Because you know you're on the right.
52:47Put your car on the opposite side.
52:50Did you keep your vehicle to the left of the roadway?
52:53No.
52:54All right.
52:54Then I say no more.
52:56You have another caller.
52:57Caller, good evening.
53:00Hello?
53:02Hi, good evening.
53:03Good evening, ma'am.
53:04Good evening, ma'am.
53:07Thank you for hearing me.
53:09Go ahead.
53:10I have an issue and a concern.
53:13I have an issue here that I was driving in Port of Spade, you know, courts by the bus station.
53:20When you turned from courts to turn to San Fernando.
53:27It's okay.
53:29Yes.
53:33It turned green, but then it turned red, and an old man was crossing.
53:38And I was turning to go to San Fernando, and a police woman ran into the back of my car.
53:46She told me not to go and report it, and she would fix my car.
53:52And we took numbers, and we exchanged that.
53:54But when I called, she was very dishonest, and she said, do you know who I am?
54:00So, I left it at that, but then I have a recent incident that I prefer to, I want to
54:08leave my number so that Ms. Husband will call me, because she will know what I'm talking about.
54:14I don't want to talk about that one.
54:16I want to get her advice on this one.
54:18So, could I leave my number for you, Ms. Husband?
54:21Yes, yes, darling, yes.
54:23But I want to know, she said she left it alone.
54:25So, that means she didn't pursue that matter.
54:28Let me tell you, I want to beg you something.
54:30That's crazy.
54:31Any time you get into any accident, despite how busy you are, go and report it.
54:40Far too often, some persons decide, and for you to report the accident, could put in some problems as well.
54:51Somebody will tell you, I'll go fix.
54:53And then when you get the cost of fixing, it's a whole different story.
54:58They don't want to part with the money to fix.
55:00When you get into an accident, go to the station and make your report.
55:04Whatever arrangements you have after, you have.
55:08But the thing about it is that in case the person changes their mind, you can now go back to
55:15the station and you could access insurance and stuff like that.
55:18Yeah, but if that is the truth from what she's saying, that officer is very dishonest.
55:22And, of course, using the position to instill some sort of intimidation, if that is the case, to the lady.
55:30And I don't know why.
55:31I'm hoping that she really did go and, you know, get that report done.
55:35Because, just because you're officer, you're wrong.
55:38Things happen as an accident.
55:39Now, we don't know what we follow the story, right?
55:42I totally agree.
55:42And each story has two sides.
55:44And I'm not here to pick up for anybody.
55:46I want to maintain that transparency and honesty, especially on air, to the viewing public.
55:51And I am saying, ma'am, you should have still gone and made your report.
55:54And if you could do so, still do so.
55:56Yes.
55:57Because I'm hoping that you all exchange information, numbers, et cetera.
56:01And you said you did call her.
56:02So, which means you still have her number.
56:04Go and make the report.
56:05And if you, I guess, may be terrified to do so, could she go to the police station and they
56:11can take it from there?
56:12And, you know, I know she may want, the caller may want to think that, you know, police for police.
56:16But police officers, through anti-corruption, through professional standards, through the police officers, before the courts, when they would have
56:26committed acts.
56:27Through the police complaints division, we have officers before the disciplinary tribunals.
56:32So, we do police our own.
56:33So, when we wrong you, there is a complaint process that you can make to get that justice.
56:38Don't sit there and take it.
56:41And, you know, we call in and then it's a whole different issue.
56:43There is a process.
56:44We have our final caller.
56:46Caller, good evening.
56:47We need it to be brief, brief as possible, ma'am.
56:51Good evening, ma'am.
56:52Good evening.
56:52Good evening.
56:54Just to add on to what I've followed up prior about being hit by a police officer, I witnessed something
57:02similar last year.
57:05Opposer John John, they're on the highway exit, whereby a police officer, a party hit another vehicle, and then the
57:13vehicle, the police vehicle drove off.
57:16And the guy was saying, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, you hit my car, and the police officer just
57:23took off, they just took off.
57:53So, apparently, that is something that they are practicing.
57:55Well, it would appear that my officers are just bouncing people and driving off.
57:59Trinidad and Tobago police service.
58:02Please, if you're doing that, please stop doing that.
58:04And, you know, sometimes it's just so unfair because it would appear that the woman police was in her private
58:09capacity at the point in time.
58:10Now, they marry this situation to create a pattern that all officers are doing.
58:15Oh, gosh.
58:15Wrongs and people, fecal and driving.
58:16But we love you all still.
58:17And I'm saying to my officers, please, be careful on the road.
58:21Road regulations apply to you as well, whether you're in an emergency or otherwise.
58:25Please, respect the public.
58:27Take care of the public.
58:28Let's not do to the public the wrong thing now.
58:31Of course, let's do better.
58:33Let us do better and, you know, fly the flag.
58:36All right.
58:37As officers and also as law-abiding citizens, we get ready for news coming up next TNT.
58:42We'll be back tomorrow.
58:43ASP will be joining us as well.
58:44Until tomorrow, we're out.
58:47We'll be back tomorrow.
58:47Bye.
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