00:00It's been six weeks since the San Fernando Municipal Police Station was robbed of more than 100 firearms,
00:07over 4,000 rounds of ammunition, and a woman police corporal on duty at the time was murdered.
00:14Among those charged for the crimes was a colleague.
00:17Many executive changes occurred in the days which followed,
00:21and recently a new head of the Southern Division was appointed, Senior Superintendent Wayne Mohamed.
00:27What happened in San Fernando is an incident that we would not want to happen again,
00:37and I'm going to assure them and give them all the courage that this will not happen again
00:44because I've put certain layers of things in place for it not to happen.
00:48I've even increased the supervision capacity of the shifts and battles running that is working to avoid anything at this
00:55point.
00:55Senior Superintendent Mohamed, speaking at a press service held to bless the police station on Friday,
01:01said there is another issue he has found that has been happening for a much longer time that he would
01:08like to tackle.
01:09There are some officers in mutual police who are on continuous sick leave,
01:14and they are drawing a salary at the end of the month.
01:18And I want to see how best I can work with the mayor, the CEO and the PRO of the
01:24corporation
01:25to ensure that we do something legitimately to avoid any reoccurrence of those officers obtaining salary and not working.
01:37He says frequent assessments will be done on officers and his officers will have the full support of the municipal
01:44police service
01:45and the corporation, and he hopes they can perform their duties with the passion expected from them.
01:52Head of the service ACP Wayne Meister says a recognition ceremony is also planned for next week in Chaguanas
02:00as they move to improve overall morale of municipal police officers.
02:05We know of the situation that took place, and officers were very traumatized during that period.
02:11So this is part of the healing process.
02:13They would have embarked on a project of, you know, bringing some renewal to the station.
02:18So for example, this station is newly painted, and there are a lot of renovations taking place outside
02:24and the compound of the station courtesy of the mayor, and that is part of the renewal process.
02:29Cindy Raghuma Tika Singh, TV6 News.
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