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02:55Good evening, Trinidad and Tobago, and to our international audience.
02:58This is Beyond the Tape.
03:00I'm your host, Whitney Husbands.
03:01We say good evening to you, and wherever you may be locked on right now,
03:04we hope that you all are safe.
03:06And, of course, as we continue the conversation today,
03:08we have our officer of choice in the hot seat once again
03:12to unravel so many things that we want to discuss this evening.
03:15Back with us, remember, each and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday,
03:19we have ASP Russell.
03:21Good evening to you, sir.
03:22Good evening, Ms. Husbands.
03:24Good evening, Trinidad and Tobago, and to our viewers of the Caribbean,
03:27from our Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioners,
03:31First and Second Division Officers of the...
03:34Esteem...
03:34Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.
03:37Trinidad and Tobago, before we go further,
03:39Ms. Husbands celebrated her birthday yesterday,
03:42and she said to me,
03:42Russell, I want you to do one thing is to sing Happy Birthday for me on the air.
03:47I was kidding, Russell.
03:48She's never asked me for anything much,
03:50so I'm going to sing it so you all don't laugh at my singing.
03:53I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready.
03:55That's a three-four?
03:56Yeah.
03:56One, two, three, four.
03:59Happy Birthday to you.
04:02Happy Birthday to you.
04:05Happy Birthday, Ms. Husbands.
04:08Happy Birthday to you.
04:10I trust that you live to see many, many more by God's grace,
04:13and I grant you all of your heart's desires.
04:16Don't make promises.
04:17Trinidad, don't make promises that I cannot keep.
04:19Yes, you really...
04:20Listen, I was kidding, eh?
04:22But it seems like...
04:23Should I tell me you're kidding?
04:23I should have said that after.
04:25Let me show that laugh at my singing.
04:26No, no, no, I appreciate it.
04:27Thank you so much.
04:28And to everyone who continues to send me briefly greetings, thank you.
04:31But we have a lot to unravel and we do, you know, we have serious matters before us right now.
04:37Hot seat, hot seat, everything.
04:38Everything is hot, everything is hot.
04:39And speaking of hot, there's one story in particular that we continue to see conflicting information.
04:46Because I saw an article online and information that was disseminated was very strange for me to see
04:52because it conflicts with what the TTPS is giving to the public.
04:58Yes, P, where are we with this?
04:59Well, I want to know which article, yes, P.
05:01This is, sorry, with the WPC incident.
05:04Well, the TTPS stand by us a committed organization.
05:07We are indeed a responsible organization.
05:11And given the magnitude of this investigation,
05:15we would not want to just put out anything just to satisfy the curiosity of the public.
05:20We, the commissioner and the rank-and-filer, the executive of the Toronto Police Service,
05:26will update the public as it sees fit, as with respect to pertinent information.
05:32We have to be careful how we delve into certain things.
05:37We would not want to comment on a person's work history or life,
05:42especially of the deceased, and other persons because there are other persons in custody at this point in time.
05:48Yes, the DPP would have given certain instructions for charges to be laid against the constable,
05:54but the investigation is ongoing and is at a critical stage.
05:58We have to be careful how we disseminate information to the public
06:01for fear of persons may get certain ideas or persons may want to run and hide
06:06if they recognize that they are now a person of interest in this investigation.
06:12The Detroit and Tobago Police remains committed to get back all of these firearms.
06:17Already there are policy changes that are taking place
06:21and certain instructions that were given by the commissioner of police
06:26to ensure that something like this does not happen.
06:30But ironically, right, the same persons who ask for the information,
06:34when we give the information, they also find something to criticize about the information.
06:39We know this and the police don't know this.
06:42Plenty of them are on their keyboards.
06:46Yes.
06:46And they listen to our rumor and they listen to our gossip.
06:49But the sad thing is, yes, the public is believing them over the movie releases from the TTPS.
06:55Well, let me tell you the difference, and let us draw the line.
06:59The public isn't tasked with the responsibility for gathering the evidence
07:05and conducting a proper investigation that would satisfy the evidential threshold.
07:11For when persons are charged for the various offenses arising out of this situation,
07:16we can secure a conviction before the court.
07:19The public doesn't have that responsibility.
07:21So they can go with any rumor that they hear.
07:25They can make any comment.
07:26They don't have that responsibility.
07:29Nobody is really putting them in court.
07:30We have to be careful as to what we say, how we say it, when we say it,
07:34so that we would not jeopardize the investigation
07:37and say something that we cannot pull back that would later lead to unsuccessful prosecution before the court.
07:45So this is where we want the public to understand,
07:49and we want this investigation to end with a successful conviction before the court.
07:54Yeah, I think people are going very extreme because the young lady's life was taken in a heinous way,
08:00and it seems like they're defaming the character of the young lady,
08:03and she's not even here to defend herself.
08:05To defend herself.
08:06And, you know, in Trinidad and Tobago, the juicier story is what people will go with.
08:10And I understand a lot of it is fueled by fear.
08:13I understand a lot of it is fueled by fear.
08:18One audit is being done as we speak,
08:21and the commissioner did say in his press release earlier this week
08:25that when the audit is completed, we will come back to the public and update them.
08:28And, you know, and I maintain that so far, 43 firearms have been recovered
08:32and almost 1,000 wrongs of assorted ammunition has indeed been recovered.
08:36So we are asking the public for patience with this.
08:39We are asking for your prayers with this.
08:41And we have no problem with you, you know, keeping us on our toes,
08:47but be careful of the misinformation that you spread within the public arena.
08:51Thank you so much, ASP, with that.
08:53And, again, as the TTPS continues to give us more information, more updates,
08:57and make the public aware of things that we need to do to protect ourselves,
09:02we shift gears now with this, with a media release from the TTPS,
09:06where they are stating AGC warned public of fraudulent housing schemes.
09:11This is something that we are accustomed to hearing ASP now.
09:14The Fraud Squad of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service
09:16is in collaboration with the Housing Development Corporation, AGC,
09:20which is to allude citizens to a series of fraudulent schemes
09:25targeting individuals seeking affordable housing.
09:28According to the Fraud Squad, scammers have been impersonating AGC officials,
09:33advertising homes through social media,
09:36and demanding upfront payments from unsuspected victims.
09:40The AGC is advising that these scams prey on the hopes of families
09:45who simply want a safe and affordable place to live.
09:48TTPS and AGC are also warning persons what the corporation does not request payments
09:55via WhatsApp, Gmail, or social media.
09:59All transactions must be conducted at their head office under official procedures.
10:06Now, some scam tactics identified.
10:09I will name a few.
10:10I can't name all right now.
10:11But the Maine wants to pay attention to fake advertising on Facebook offering two-bedroom homes
10:17at below market prices.
10:20Requests for upfront payments ranging from $12,000 to $13,000.
10:26Use of unofficial email addresses and WhatsApp-only communications.
10:34Pressure is also on for many of you to, you know, of course,
10:38in the case of wanting persons to give up the money as quickly as possible
10:43because it's moving fast, it's hot, it's new to move.
10:46ASP, we are stuck in a place here where persons want a home.
10:49Ms. Husbands, I want to tell you and the public,
10:53I, too, travel that road to acquire a HDC home.
10:59Yes.
11:00And I can tell you for certain children in Tobago,
11:03a WhatsApp-only number would not emanate from the HDC.
11:07Your business is done.
11:08You transact all your business at HDC,
11:12whether it means the allocation, license to occupy,
11:16any documents pertaining to HDC,
11:18you transact that action at the HDC official building.
11:24No one will come to your home and ask you to pay monies up front.
11:27Anytime you pay money,
11:28I have paid several years of license to occupy
11:31before converting into a mortgage.
11:34And you have an official receipt for each and every one.
11:38And I can't understand the need for housing within the country
11:41because all of a sudden,
11:43and it goes back to the business owners
11:46and the stakeholders and the developers.
11:48We need to look at this greed.
11:51We need to look at this greed
11:53because sometimes the houses are twice-time the amount.
11:56Nobody's not saying, don't make a profit.
11:59And nobody cannot tell you how much to sell your thing for.
12:03But we ask that persons be reasonable
12:06for that other persons in the society.
12:09A house, you know, when you look at Maslow,
12:10Maslow talk about food, clothing, shelter,
12:13some of the basic needs.
12:15However, a house is a status symbol.
12:17That is crazy to me.
12:18In Shinrad and Tobago, it's a status symbol.
12:20I'm a homeowner.
12:21It's a property.
12:21Shelter?
12:22Yes.
12:22And you would continue to see things like this
12:25if the citizens don't take heed
12:26because as the government mentioned,
12:28$3.4 billion putting aside
12:30to invest in public-private partnership
12:33to provide homes.
12:34So everybody's excited.
12:36Now, okay, housing construction's starting back,
12:38so everybody has a bit of excitement
12:40and hope and expectation,
12:41but we ask you to wait, you know.
12:45Better email the HGC or you go down there,
12:47pull your number, sit down, wait,
12:49and speak to a bona fide HGC representative
12:53who can tell you where in the system
12:55your application is,
12:56who would have your reference number,
12:58who could really check and give you
13:00pertinent and credible information.
13:02The desperation is real with housing
13:03and many of us are faced with,
13:05I mean, the biggest accomplishment
13:06in any adult's life,
13:08which is sad to say,
13:09is ownership of a home.
13:10Definitely.
13:11And to just attain that
13:13when it should be something
13:15easily to attain
13:16versus getting a car as quickly as possible
13:18from a financial institution
13:20without a blink of an eye,
13:22it could get done.
13:23But housing is a problem.
13:25And then we could have,
13:26also look at the instance
13:28where persons,
13:29if they're looking for property on their own,
13:30they could be scammed as well.
13:32It's not their property,
13:33but they do up a deal
13:34like if, you know,
13:35it's an official document
13:36and it's their land that they own
13:38and you paid $50,000 for this deed
13:41and when you show up,
13:42it's not even their property.
13:43And the timing that they're conducting
13:44the transaction
13:45is that within a window
13:46that you cannot call
13:47to verify or anything.
13:49But like I was saying,
13:50as I was telling somebody yesterday,
13:52any banking or lending institution
13:54that want to do business with me,
13:56I'm looking for 2% amortized
13:58with no penalties to pay off,
14:00constant.
14:01Listen, that is very important.
14:03I mean, you put that out there.
14:042% constant.
14:06Yes.
14:07Amortized with no penalties to pay off.
14:09Well, I mean,
14:09I will join that bagwagon as well.
14:12Of course.
14:12It may be.
14:13I know you have some information
14:14that you could give us as well
14:15to the public.
14:16And as we're speaking about scams,
14:18public,
14:19we continue to warn you,
14:20we continue to see,
14:21and this week,
14:22the media ambassadors
14:22but dealing with couriers
14:23and, you know,
14:25who have found themselves
14:26victims of robbies
14:28when they go to do their delivery.
14:29So we continue to urge
14:30you,
14:31members of the public,
14:32to be mindful
14:33of the opportunities
14:34and schemes
14:35in which you invest
14:35your hard-earned money.
14:37Always ask yourself,
14:39could this scam
14:40perform,
14:41could this scam,
14:42could this be a scam?
14:44Perform your due diligence.
14:47Verify the legitimacy
14:48of the company.
14:49Search them
14:50on the company's registry
14:52through the Ministry
14:54of Legal Affairs.
14:55Check regulatory approval
14:57through the
14:58Shredder and Tobago
14:59Securities and Exchange Commission.
15:01Ask friends about it
15:02and research the people
15:04promoting the scheme.
15:05Ask for documentation
15:07to understand the details
15:08of the investment.
15:10Check with the
15:10Shredder and Tobago
15:11Police Service
15:12to verify.
15:13And always remember,
15:15if it sounds too good
15:17to be true,
15:18it very well might be.
15:21Don't allow a scammer
15:23to take advantage of you.
15:24Yes.
15:25And adding to that as well,
15:26the fraud squad
15:27urges vigilance
15:28over fraudulent checks
15:29and online scams.
15:31The fraud squad
15:32of the Shredder
15:32and Tobago Police Service
15:34has noted a surge
15:35in the instance
15:36of fraudulent checks,
15:37transactions
15:38and online scams,
15:40specifically
15:40the phishing,
15:43which is fraudulent emails,
15:44and the smushing,
15:46which is fraudulent texts
15:47and messages.
15:48These crimes
15:49are affecting
15:50unsuspecting individuals
15:52and businesses
15:53resulting in financial loss,
15:55financial accounts
15:56being compromised,
15:58disruption of business operation
15:59and potential legal complications.
16:02So, again,
16:03please beware.
16:04And they could also go
16:05onto the TTPS website
16:07where they will be giving
16:08more information and tips.
16:09And when you see things
16:11like this start popping up,
16:12it's because
16:13the fraud squad
16:14would have realized
16:14there is an increase
16:16in these fraudulent offenses.
16:18Trinidad and Tobago,
16:19we ask that you
16:20really be your brothers,
16:23keep on your own,
16:24keep on,
16:24do your due diligence,
16:25please and thank you.
16:27All right,
16:27right now it's time
16:28for your SOE update
16:29as of today,
16:30April 23rd, 2026.
16:33Number of operations,
16:354,181.
16:37Number of target priority offenders,
16:401,401.
16:42Searches conducted,
16:432,389.
16:46Traffic operations,
16:472,357.
16:50Total persons arrested,
16:511,813.
16:54Total persons charged,
16:57419.
16:58Firearms recovered,
17:00we're seeing a total
17:01of 129.
17:03Ammunition recovered,
17:04we're seeing an increase
17:05with the 9mm rounds,
17:07giving us a total
17:08of 2,952.
17:10Dangerous drugs seized,
17:12an increase again.
17:13Cannabis and the grams
17:15of cocaine ASP.
17:17Ammunition and drugs,
17:18no firearms.
17:19Today,
17:19the TTP has continued
17:20to work hard
17:21to retrieve all
17:24illegal firearms
17:26off the streets
17:27of the country,
17:29ammunition,
17:30dangerous drugs,
17:31and we continue
17:32to ask you,
17:33please,
17:34do not ignore
17:35the gathering,
17:35do not ignore
17:36the block.
17:38That block
17:39contributes
17:40to a lot of
17:41negative activities
17:42in the neighborhood
17:43as it continues
17:44to grow
17:45and expand.
17:48Block equals drugs,
17:49drugs equals guns
17:51to protect the block,
17:53equals turf warfare,
17:56equals mass shooting,
17:59and innocent persons
18:02being injured
18:04or killed.
18:05And we definitely
18:06don't want that.
18:07that serious.
18:08Right now,
18:08let's take a look
18:09at what's making
18:09today's headlines.
18:13We'll see you next time.
18:16We'll see you next time.
18:25We'll see you next time.
18:40And those were your stories
18:42making today's headlines.
18:43Remember,
18:43you can give us a call
18:44at 623-1711,
18:46extension 1996
18:47and 1997.
18:49We'll take that break.
18:50We'll be back.
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19:47It is 2026 and Trinidad and Tobago,
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20:10tune in iSports every Thursday and Saturday
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20:18Rule number one,
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20:22Fear on,
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20:50Welcome back.
20:50Remember,
20:51you can give us a call at 623-1711,
20:53extension 1996 and 1997.
20:56We have ASP Russell here with me,
20:58of course,
20:59one of our favorite officers
21:01and my co-hosts each and every Tuesday,
21:04Thursday and Friday.
21:05We have a call on the line.
21:06Let's head to the phone lines.
21:08Caller, good evening.
21:11Hello?
21:12Hello, good afternoon.
21:14Hi, good evening.
21:15Good evening, caller.
21:16Is this me?
21:18Yes, and yes, you're also.
21:20Yes, I know your name for free.
21:21I call you last because I don't even recognize him about copy related news, by the way.
21:26I have an update on the story.
21:28I don't have ASP in my city, teenager.
21:32Yes, yes.
21:34Okay, a new developer.
21:35But she got suspended till yesterday because she was in a fight in her school.
21:40So that's the worst thing that could have happened.
21:43So I just wanted to, but the guy, some guy had been calling me and then the child's grandmother,
21:49because the child's grandmother is clearly looking after her, right?
21:52But both times she called her, she couldn't speak.
21:57So I don't know, I don't know what you're going to tell him.
22:00I don't know what time she was out at people's house.
22:03Okay.
22:04So.
22:05Call her.
22:05I don't know how you're going to work around that.
22:08All right, do you want to have that time?
22:09No, because things going down here.
22:11I didn't see the mother and father lived together or two.
22:15This is the same caller.
22:16Who called?
22:17With the child, yeah.
22:18Call her.
22:19You are the same caller that call concerning the young lady.
22:23Yes.
22:24I don't want to get too involved.
22:26You and I spoke.
22:27You and I spoke, right?
22:29Pardon me?
22:30You and I spoke.
22:32No.
22:33No.
22:33The TV went off.
22:36Okay.
22:36All right, mom.
22:37Leave.
22:38The TV saved time.
22:39And then some lady after told me I was still on air.
22:42All right.
22:42And they didn't block.
22:43Okay, listen.
22:44We need to get a number for you.
22:47We need to stay on the line.
22:49We'll get back the number because it seems like Children's Authority also has to intervene in ASP.
22:55But I know some.
22:57I called a call previously and I did speak with the caller.
23:00And she passed me on to the caregiver.
23:03Yes.
23:03And every time I called the caregiver, the caregiver keeps telling me that I'm calling at a bad time.
23:09During the day, she was not in a position to speak at a point in time.
23:14I have had several calls.
23:16And like I tell Trinidad and Tobago, once you leave your number and I say I'm going to call you,
23:21I do call.
23:21There are many who can attest to that because I see myself when I stand here as a beacon of
23:27hope and representation of the TTPS.
23:30So when I say I will call you and I will look into it, I definitely do so.
23:34Call her.
23:34Just leave your information and I will contact you.
23:36ASP, that was a different caller.
23:39Yeah.
23:39This one is completely different.
23:41This one was, yes, she did call.
23:43You were on the show.
23:44And she called later down in the show.
23:47And she was explaining.
23:48And we were trying to get more information.
23:50But we didn't get in time because she came off.
23:53Okay.
23:53But I remember.
23:54I remembered it.
23:55Okay.
23:55So I know we will be willing to help.
23:57And ASP is here to find out more to see how we can move forward.
24:00Now, there is another release that I would like to mention here as well from the TTPS,
24:06where a police constable granted bail charge for common assault.
24:10A police officer has appeared before the Port of Spain Master's Court in connection with a common assault charge arising
24:16from an investigation conducted by the Special Victims Department.
24:21The accused, Dextroy Manswell, 43 years old, appeared on April 21, 2026, before Master Gomez Abraham.
24:30He was granted bail in the sum of $50,000 with surety, subject to strict conditions.
24:35These conditions include no direct or indirect contact with the complainant, maintaining a distance of 200 feet at all times,
24:45and residing at a direct address for the duration of the matter.
24:50The matter was adjourned on May 28, 2026.
24:53Now, the charge follows an investigation into an incident, a lecture have occurred on April 1, 2025, according to the
25:02reports.
25:03ASP?
25:04Well, I want you to be able to see firstly that we are not afraid to discipline our own, charge
25:13our own,
25:14and place them before the complete court of law once they are found wanting or in breach of any laws
25:21of the country.
25:24But it speaks that deeper issue.
25:27I think my officers need to have some more engagement in mental health issues.
25:34I'm seeing a lot of my officers being involved and placed before the court for domestic issues, domestic violence, abuse
25:43issues, and stuff like that.
25:45And I think we need to do a little more through our social parameters to help the officers with respect
25:54to their mental stability.
25:57Because we know the job can be stressful.
26:01Some are more fortunate than others.
26:04Some are more financially equipped than others.
26:07Some have different living arrangements.
26:10But it's not a one-size-fits-all.
26:13And I'm saddened when I see my officers, who are supposed to be exemplars, who would have taken an oath,
26:21behave in a manner that we are now trying to, you know, curtail for other members in the society.
26:29So it means that we need to do some introspection and really look at what is going on within the
26:35members of the organization.
26:37And if you hate women that much, just don't go with a woman.
26:41How about that?
26:42We have a call on the line.
26:42Call her good evening.
26:43Oh, we don't?
26:44All right.
26:44So as we continue the conversation, ASP, where we are seeing information that is continuously placed before the public,
26:53and the fear that we see from the videos that we just watched,
26:58what could you tell the public at this point in time when it comes to relieving that fear factor that
27:04we have in us when it comes to crying?
27:06Because I'm still terrified.
27:07I'm not lying.
27:08I am still terrified.
27:10What could we do to bring some sort of ease?
27:13Because the TTPS is trying.
27:14Well, we have to start to go back to prayer, first and foremost.
27:20We need to go back to God, first and foremost.
27:24This idea that we could do it on our own, we cannot.
27:27Because God is love.
27:29Yeah.
27:29Yeah?
27:30And if you really love and care how you ought to, then we will stand in the gap for each
27:37other.
27:39Sometimes you do get frustrated and want to throw your hands up in the air.
27:43But when one neighbor throws their hands up in the air and the other neighbor decides to do the same,
27:48then we now have a community that would have thrown their hands up in the air
27:53and leave the community open to be infiltrated by the criminal elements.
27:58Because guess what?
27:58Up there, they fed up somebody and doing nothing is our norm.
28:02You know?
28:03And we need to change these things.
28:05We need to really come together and say, no.
28:08We need a unified, no, enough is enough.
28:12Enough is enough.
28:14And not just the religious organizations.
28:17We're talking about the protective services.
28:19We're talking about the schools.
28:21We're speaking about the stakeholders.
28:24Because we could all do more to come together and really, really make sure.
28:30Because a country is as good as these citizens, you know?
28:34We are an inflection of leadership and persons who...
28:38And there are persons who...
28:39There are thousands, hundreds of thousands who do the right thing on a daily basis.
28:42Get up.
28:43They leave wherever it is, whether it's south or otherwise, and they go and make an honest dollar.
28:48Yeah.
28:49Yes, we have a caller on the line.
28:50The same caller.
28:51Good evening.
28:53Hello.
28:53Good evening.
28:54Good evening.
28:55Good evening, caller.
28:56Good evening.
28:57Good evening, sir.
28:58Mr. Inspector, yes.
29:03I'm Mr. President.
29:05With regard to the municipality, I understand that the head of the municipality was sent on leave.
29:18But isn't it very important that the head of the superintendent, in charge of the municipality,
29:27who is directly in charge, I must say, is it important that this is the first person should be sent
29:38on leave?
29:39Because of the fact that he is the one closest, he is the one responsible for whatever has happened.
29:49And should be overseeing all these things, Mr. Secretary Santana.
29:56Why would he be sent on leave?
29:59I thank you.
30:01I later respond.
30:02All right.
30:02Thank you so much, caller ASP.
30:06Caller, this situation is a dynamic situation.
30:08I wouldn't want to pronounce on who should be sent on leave and who shouldn't be sent on leave.
30:14But there is an article, I think, in today's Express.
30:17I want to direct you to read that article in today's Express.
30:23It may address some of your concerns.
30:28Yes, I hope it will be satisfying.
30:30You can check it out on page four of the Express, all right?
30:33We take that break.
30:34We'll be back after this.
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34:38Well, you know, you listen to how they speak about involving gang activities, and I don't
34:46know when the parents, the guardians, the relatives would really send a clear message that gang
34:55violence, gang activity, gang involvement ends in either two ways, the prison or death.
35:04The prison or death.
35:08Too many youth, too many of our youth are being killed by gang violence.
35:15When would we really hold on to the youth of the nation?
35:20When would we really hold on to our children?
35:22When would we really take that care, show that love to our children?
35:29I mean, this gang violence right now is like, where do we go next?
35:36Because the police cannot serve it by ourselves.
35:38We, the police, we cannot do it by ourselves.
35:42We need your input.
35:43We need the intervention.
35:44We need the assistance.
35:45And this is by a parlor.
35:47Yes.
35:47Most parlors in the community always have a gathering.
35:50Yes.
35:50So then we're supposed to have plenty of information with respect to who the suspect is.
35:55And I challenge the public to give information because for some reason, many times when a
36:02situation like this, a parlor, 50 people present, 40 people present, no one saw.
36:11When you choose to willfully close your eye, guess what?
36:18The criminals feel emboldened to do what they have to do because they are certain.
36:23Everybody living in fear, nobody will say that they saw.
36:27We have changed a lot of things at the way people give evidence.
36:31You can give evidence online now.
36:33You don't even have to leave to come into court.
36:36Once your statement is sworn to, when you look at their jeeper and all these other things,
36:40when your statement is sworn to and stuff like that, it makes no sense even trying to kill the witness.
36:47Because once your statement is sworn to and admitted into evidence, it's already into evidence.
36:52All these are changes that were done to help stem this and to help create that sense of safety and
37:01security for persons to give the information.
37:03We have created anonymous hotlines, 800-6555.
37:09And we need you all to utilize all the resources that we have to really try to make the place
37:17better.
37:18We have a caller online.
37:19Caller, good evening.
37:22Hello.
37:23Hello.
37:24Hello.
37:24Hi.
37:24Good evening, sir.
37:26Good afternoon, ma'am.
37:27Good evening, sir.
37:29Good evening, sir.
37:30Good evening.
37:30Listen up.
37:31This is beyond the tape.
37:32The voice of the people, really and truly, right?
37:35That's a misnomer.
37:38And you all are not pushing to encourage the state to begin to educate the children and the young people
37:49of this country on the laws that govern this country.
37:54And as we're talking about laws that govern the country, we are still controlled, technically, by British.
38:02Same British who were ruling here.
38:04This was a Crown colony, in case you all forgot.
38:06Right?
38:07When the Crown colony did what the hell they wanted to do.
38:11First of all, because of when British Council decided that we were referred to as chattel.
38:17Remain of our generations.
38:19Up to today, we haven't yet gotten over that committee.
38:23We didn't fight for independence.
38:26We were granted independence.
38:28Probably those, what do you call them, incestuous, criminal-minded people who were running so-called Christian empire.
38:37I mean, look what happened, right?
38:40They put laws that we have to follow.
38:45Okay, there's a gentleman here, he's part of what used to be the Constabulary.
38:50I want him to tell me, is the Constabulary still among us, in terms of our mentality, amongst all the
38:58police officers in this country?
39:01You protect the rich, powerful, the remainder of the white, or whoever they are, and you enforce the law on
39:13us.
39:15Is that democracy?
39:18Another thing that I want to understand too is, with this program, if you just try to make police force
39:24look nice, right?
39:27Now and again, you'll say, well look, we arrested one of our own and our kind of thing.
39:30But really and truly, the average police, I can tell you, I'm 77 years old.
39:36I was a member of NJAC, right?
39:39I can call a lot of police names on how they operated, and they were glorified still by the state.
39:45Right?
39:46What you all have to do, is to reorganize the police force, and take away the Constabulary mentality.
39:54What the Constabulary here was put here to do, you're supposed to go about it, right?
39:58They used to put them here, to protect the planters, the masters, from the ex-slaves and the dead men.
40:07That's what the Constabulary mentality is, and up to today, we've been remnants of those things.
40:12When we start to have the police, right, really begin to be there for us.
40:20It will be different.
40:21But the average person doesn't trust police money.
40:28All right, thank you sir.
40:30ESP, give us some history that...
40:35Ms. Husbands, Ms. Husbands, Ms. Husbands, Ms. Husbands, because they see that he had some political affiliation, right?
40:45The police don't make laws.
40:47The police are here to enforce the laws created by the Parliament.
40:50Tell me which one of the police officers were in Parliament.
40:53Which one of us here, in Parliament, making laws?
40:59And this is really cool, I have to understand.
41:01You know, he's speaking about changing the mentality of the police officers.
41:04But the police officers come from the society, and time of time you would have heard me saying here that
41:08six months of training wouldn't really change or reform somebody totally.
41:13What is going on in the home, sir?
41:15What about the morals and the values?
41:17What have you done as an individual to make Trinidad and Tobago a better place?
41:22What have you introduced to say?
41:26Who have you mentored?
41:28Who have you nurtured?
41:29Who have you guided?
41:32Everybody wants to point a finger at the Trinidad and Tobago police officers.
41:34I would not stand there and allow you all to do that.
41:38We are not at home with you.
41:41And when you sit down and you talk about cyber bullying and you go on your keyboard and you
41:45cyber bully somebody else, you don't like it when it's done to your children.
41:48But it's okay to do for somebody else that is not related to you.
41:51Too many times in Trinidad and Tobago we have a situation where once it is affecting me I could do
41:58it to somebody else.
41:59But do unto others as they like others to do unto you.
42:02And as I stand before you, I would have read newspaper articles and I am sure you would have read
42:07it too, sir.
42:08Where the rich, the poor, the politicians, the police officers, the customs, anybody who would have breached the law and
42:17an investigation conducted and there is evidence to place them before the court.
42:21I've seen union leaders charge and place before the court.
42:23Ministers.
42:24I've seen ministers.
42:26I've seen senior police.
42:28So to stand here and say that we only do the laws, only protect the rich.
42:35Let me tell you something.
42:38Let me leave that there.
42:40But a lot of the resources are sent in the high crime areas.
42:46I'll leave you to think about that.
42:48A lot of the resources are sent in the high crime areas.
42:50And I also want to add that also we have our attorney at law who has his symposiums going on.
42:56As we speak, he was even here yesterday where he was part of a mission that they were on at
43:02a secondary school, Eldorado West, if I'm not mistaken.
43:06And we saw the minister and it is under the umbrella of the Ministry of Homeland Security.
43:10And Mr. Ali spoke about that, along with other symposiums dealing with parents, children, and they're going into the said
43:16community.
43:17So things are happening.
43:18I hope you will find out more about it.
43:20But we're just letting you know it is happening.
43:22We take that break.
43:23We'll be back.
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45:34And we are back. We'll be heading back to the phone line shortly, but just some quick information.
45:39As we get ready for the two weekends that will be taking place of activity with the Community Justice Clinic.
45:46And we're starting off April 25th.
45:47There are two clinics.
45:49And let's head to the Southern or the Southwestern Division at the Fisabad Community Center in Guapo, Main Road.
45:56Fisabad from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
45:59So those in the area, please come out, show up, and of course get the information that is needed for
46:06you.
46:06Also on the 25th of April, we head to the Northeastern Division at My Tower Community Center, 33 Upper Bush
46:14Street, My Tower Road in San Juan, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
46:18Come out and be part of the solution.
46:21And, of course, you can get information on domestic violence, divorce, custody access, maintenance.
46:27And you can get more information by simply calling 480-1421.
46:33We get ready to head back to the phone lines.
46:35Caller, good evening.
46:40Hello?
46:43Yes, you're live, sir.
46:46Good evening, caller.
46:47Good day, good day, good day.
46:49Happy birthday.
46:51Still with me, but she's still looking good in her lap.
46:53Mr. Russell.
46:55Good day, sir.
46:56So, Mr. Russell, big man thinking, I mean, you have families too.
47:00I like how you operate, you know, operate like civilian and police.
47:05Because I like justice like himself.
47:07So, here what's happening.
47:08I saw a video on TV the other night where the police kicked down a door and damaged the doors.
47:16I wouldn't know when, whether search for it or no search for it.
47:20They kicked down somebody's door, they didn't find anything.
47:22I feel the PPS should have a fun.
47:25So, we get a door.
47:27We get a door.
47:27We buy a door.
47:28And Labour have picked back the people door.
47:31It is only justified.
47:32I noticed.
47:33Could you, I will, I wonder if, if the, um, the police association, well, they have fun,
47:42just pay back for the door or they have to apply to the government or something to get back here
47:47door.
47:47Because I find ridiculous that a man lost a door and then he's vulnerable tonight, he got family.
47:52Nobody typically does this time at the night.
47:55So, I only hope that it should change the law for me to switch for us.
47:59Once he didn't find anything, me bash up my door, buy back my door, pay labour, install my door.
48:04All the holy door.
48:04Thanks a lot, sir.
48:06Yes, me.
48:07Caller, in my short career, I worked police complaints division for 12 years as an investigator,
48:17as a prosecutor before the tribunal, and as inspector discipline.
48:22And I can tell you, I've seen many occasions where persons would have brought their complaints to us.
48:27And based on the investigation, the outcome we, the TTPS, undertook and repaired or reimbursed persons
48:33who suffered situations like these.
48:36So, there have been many occasions where persons have been refunded.
48:40So, I can assure you that we do that.
48:42I understand the inconvenience, however, though.
48:44Because if police come at 1 a.m. in the morning and they break down your door,
48:48really element of surprise, who is fixing that door at that point in time?
48:54So, I understand the inconvenience.
48:55But I want to tell you, we do fix or reimburse persons when situations like that happen.
49:03All right.
49:03Caller, good evening.
49:09Hello.
49:10Yes, hello.
49:11Hi, you're live.
49:13Yeah, hi, good evening.
49:14Good evening, caller.
49:17I wanted to make reference to the caller who called before, and it seemed as though because
49:25he said he was a ten-shot that his ideas were dismissed.
49:29I think you will have to pay attention and listen to people's voices on the ground.
49:35What the guy was saying, I share his comments, and I think there is some validity in it.
49:42All right.
49:42I think we have one of the worst record in terms of a crime that was committed in Trinidad, right?
49:52People were charged.
49:53Now they're the beneficiary of about $20 million.
49:57All right.
50:00Is that case, was that case examined?
50:03Did they have flaws by the police?
50:07Did they charge the wrong persons?
50:10What have you all done with respect to that?
50:13We have a case where we saw the person somewhere, some guy, we actually saw the film, right?
50:25And you are telling us not to believe what we say up to now, the persons can't be charged.
50:31This is where one guy was killed, a woman ended up in hospital.
50:34We don't know what her particular state is.
50:37There are real concerns with respect to the police.
50:39We have been hearing issues about firearms, people being killed, and bullets from the regimental
50:50services, police and the regiment being formed.
50:53This is an easy thing to do in terms of checking, right?
50:59When you come into the station, before any shift is made, the person has to basically sign
51:07receiving what weapons they are.
51:10Only now we all recognize that something took place in San Fernando and guns were missing.
51:16What was done to that situation before?
51:19There are flaws with respect to the police service.
51:23There is nothing to prevent or try to give the impression as though the police are sorting
51:28by having people call in who are police officers.
51:31Some people call in and every time they call they have a three point.
51:35You know, you have real issues about this is happening in Trinidad.
51:39People are aware of what is happening even in relation to how you all tend to manage the program.
51:44And this is something that you all have to address.
51:48Everything that is being done, there is nothing that you all are producing showing scientific
51:53evidence that was given to solve a crime.
51:56Everything is called police.
51:58The public has to inform you all with respect to how to solve a crime.
52:03We've seen videos of the crime and you all do not have the technology to identify the people
52:08who committed those offenses.
52:10If that is happening, there would be a reduction in crime.
52:16Thank you, sir.
52:19Hot seat.
52:20Yeah, man.
52:21Hot seat.
52:21Nice today.
52:22With respect to the case, we talk about the persons getting 20 million.
52:27I cannot recall all the facts as to why that matter was dismissed.
52:34With respect to the killing, because I guess you referred to the Joshua Samuel killing.
52:38Yes, the couple.
52:38And I know the commissioner gave an update with respect to that.
52:43I know he gave an update and he even identified the document that we were waiting for for the
52:48final determination to be made.
52:50And people think that, you know, the police service always sweeping something under the table.
52:56But the police complaints authority, which is a civilian body.
52:59Where there are matters of interest, they also run a parallel investigation and make their
53:04recommendations.
53:05So it's not that the police is a lord unto themselves or not.
53:09And people need to come away from that.
53:11He's talking about proper content.
53:13Indigenous and Tobago police civil by way of our standing order.
53:16When you look at charge room duties and stuff like that.
53:19And care and control of firearms on our arms.
53:23Standing orders.
53:25There are daily handovers.
53:28Every time a shift change is a handover.
53:31There's a daily arms check where all firearms and ammunition must be checked.
53:36And correspond with that of the firearm issued book.
53:39That must be done before 10 a.m. every day.
53:45The situation that occurred in the municipal police area wasn't one of that.
53:54No one knows if the person next to you home right now thinking ill thoughts of them.
54:02And we continue to do the investigation and the commissioner have said time and time over,
54:06as more facts come to the fruition, we will inform the public.
54:11There is nothing to hide.
54:13We have nothing to hide because we also have to give an account.
54:17The commissioner has to give an account.
54:19Just quickly before we get back to the phone lines.
54:21The municipal police is managed not by the TTPS.
54:25No.
54:26Not by the TTPS.
54:27All right.
54:28But they are our brothers in arms.
54:30And I will stand here and take the list.
54:33Come on.
54:33We say give police the information.
54:35Whereas municipal or SIP, all we want is the information.
54:37So I'm not going to stand here and say they are separate from us.
54:40I will take it.
54:41Yeah.
54:41Because this was something serious.
54:43Yeah.
54:43I will take it.
54:46But immediate procedures and policies have started to be put in place so that a situation
54:53will not occur again.
54:54Yeah.
54:56So we are back now with what he is saying with the technology of the TTPS.
55:02That you all don't have the technology that is needed.
55:05And you all always want the help of the public.
55:08And that is the only way you all could solve the crime.
55:11I don't know what to say with that.
55:12Well, with respect to technology, we do have some technology.
55:15Yeah.
55:16But it is not what the people are looking at on law and order and CSI and all the other
55:23things.
55:24Where they are solving a crime in 30 minutes with ads.
55:27That is the television.
55:28It does not work like that.
55:30And even if you talk about technology, technology is...
55:33Not overnight though.
55:34Expensive.
55:35It is procurement.
55:38It is training.
55:40It is budget.
55:42There are a lot of things that we need.
55:45We are trying to take the trust to go to.
55:47Just to reduce the fuel bill in Toronto and Tobago police service.
55:51We are trying to go towards electric vehicles.
55:53It was procurement.
55:54We get a few.
55:56Guess what?
55:56That has to come with chargers.
55:57Chargers have to be installed.
55:59Because you would see a lot of electric vehicles just now.
56:02In the short future.
56:04We are trying to train around Tobago.
56:06But the issues that started.
56:08Let me say something.
56:0929 years ago.
56:10When I joined the work promotion was an issue.
56:13And I stand before you here today and cannot get my promotion.
56:17I completed the process since 2023.
56:19But I come here diligently every day.
56:22That I have to come here and I do my best.
56:25The police service is not perfect.
56:27We could find plenty of reasons to throw our hands up in the air.
56:30But we continue to come out here.
56:32We are not perfect.
56:32We continue to come out here.
56:34So if you are looking for a perfect police service you wouldn't find out.
56:38But what we promised you we would treat with the issues.
56:41And despite the mean comments or the good comments we still wouldn't give up.
56:45So you could continue doing you.
56:48You could continue if you feel not to give the information.
56:51We wouldn't like it.
56:53But we appreciate if you give the information because you never know.
56:56The gun you ignore today might be the gun that comes back to you tomorrow.
57:01The ball is in your court, Trinidad and Tobago.
57:03The ball is in your court.
57:05But I will continue to come here and represent my organization.
57:08And I have never come here and said that the organization is perfect, Miss Husbands.
57:12And where we are responsible we take responsibility and we try to fix it.
57:17Yes, we.
57:18And we need your partnership still.
57:19We thank you as usual.
57:20We will be back tomorrow.
57:21Same time, same place.
57:22We get ready for news coming up next.
57:24Be your hot target TNT.
57:25Be safe and let's do better.
57:27We are out.
57:27We are out.
57:28Bye, the crowd.
57:30Bye, bye.
57:31Bye, bye.
57:37Bye, bye, bye.
57:40Bye, bye, bye.
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