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Increased police patrols have been ongoing and said to be very effective during the State of Emergency in the Southern Division.

That’s according to acting superintendent Lystra Bridgelal, while speaking to our reporter Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh today.

The TTPS’ southern division women held a walk in commemoration of International Women’s week at Palmiste Park, San Fernando on Friday.

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00:00As the state of emergency continues across the country, the TTPS's Southern Division says it has embarked on a series
00:08of intensified exercises that have so far been effective in that area.
00:14We have been working very hard, 24-7 around the clock. We have been doing amplified exercises. We are looking
00:22at priority offenders and we have been doing different types of exercises so that we will bring perpetrators before the
00:31courts and persons will be dealt with according to the law.
00:34However, earlier this week, employees of a bookstore in San Fernando were robbed while at work around midday, prompting the
00:42president of the Greater San Fernando Area Chamber of Commerce, Kiran Singh, to call for more patrols.
00:48Superintendent Bridgelal says visibility has been heightened and greater focus has been put in strategic zones.
00:55In response to the calls from our patrols, we have had our meetings and we continue to be effective. We
01:02have amplified those patrols so you will see a lot of visibility and a lot of mobility in terms of
01:09strategic areas where we are focusing on patrols in the hotspot areas, the criminal areas. And we have been effective
01:16and we continue to do so.
01:18She was speaking to TV6 News during a TTPS Women's Empowerment and Wellness Day held at Palmis Park, San Fernando
01:26in observance of International Women's Week. The women began with an aerobic session, then a walk into a treasure hunt
01:34fun event.
01:35Because we have been working very actively over the field in light of the SOE. So we continue to do
01:42so. But we have taken an hour and a half off so that the women will be empowered and we
01:49can do an event in observance of fitness and wellness.
01:52Women are leaders in our sphere and our society on a daily basis in all aspects. So as a consequence
02:00of that, not only as leaders, we also have to do an effective work-life balance.
02:06Cindy Raguba Tika Singh, TV6 News.
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