00:00Prime Minister Kamla Pasad-Basasa said in a social media post that, quote,
00:04While all trends show that crime continues to decline, we must keep the pressure on criminal elements and strengthen the
00:10presence of law enforcement in our communities, end quote.
00:14The Prime Minister made the declaration on Saturday as she also said that construction of mobile police posts at Toruba
00:22and Grand Bazaar are underway.
00:23Prime Minister Pasad-Basasa said that with these new mobile police posts, citizens can look forward to an increased level
00:31of safety across Trinidad and Tobago.
00:33Earlier on Saturday, TV6 News spoke with Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander via telephone.
00:40Mobile police post sites at this time. Three. One at the Hadrums, one on the highway to Grand Bazaar, under
00:50the Grand Bazaar flyover, and the other one up at Toruba.
00:52Forever. Just at the top. It is going quite well. We have already put on the foundation, and now we
01:02are looking to go to other sites.
01:04But what we are trying to do, we are trying to open these three sites, possibly next week.
01:10The Homelander Security Minister spoke about consultations with the state-owned National Gas Company regarding the government's announcement of a
01:18planned 30 Joint Police Defense Force posts across the nation.
01:22I want to also commend the persons at the NGC for the dialogue that we had for such a long
01:32time involving all of this, when everybody thought we were just doing things crazy helter-skelter.
01:37We engaged them very early. I want to thank the Commission of Police. I want to thank the Chief of
01:45Defence Staff.
01:46On Saturday, Opposition Senator Foster Cummings said, quote,
01:50No one is objecting to the establishment of a police post at Edihad Grounds. The issue is the manner in
01:56which the government has gone about it, end quote.
01:59The Homelander Security Minister had a direct message for the opposition.
02:04We are not taking no pushback from anybody. We are just attempting pushback.
02:08And now we are talking about a lot of different things involving procurement and all of that.
02:13We have no problem with that.
02:16But what I would like though,
02:19Before I answer the procurement as it relates to this,
02:25let us exchange, let us exchange between the PNM and this government.
02:31I hand over the procurement for this,
02:36and you hand over the procurement for the Bajiji House.
02:39The Prime Minister, in her statement on Saturday,
02:43once again thanked the brave men and women of the law enforcement agencies,
02:47and also thanked all those who continue to support and assist in the fight against crime.
02:54Homelander Security Minister Alexander also expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Passat-Basasa,
03:00quote,
03:00for the vision and the support, end quote.
03:03Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
03:09Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
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