The Police Service intends to implement a new unit to deal with the spiralling crime rate this year.
Sources say members of the protective services will soon be equipped with a new fleet of vehicles which will come with state-of-the-art global positioning systems and computers.
Commissioner of Police Trevor Paul, during his weekly press briefings, has vowed to wage war on criminals and has assured citizens that matters implicating police officers will being "thoroughly investigated".
Last Monday, Paul lamented, that "the approach to address this (crime) major societal problem in Trinidad and Tobago has been a single focused one. The Police Service and ultimately the Ministry of National Security is blamed for the state of crime in our country..."
Paul further went on to say "Of all the institutions that are responsible for socially conditioning our young people to be good and productive adults, it seems from this inappropriate analysis, that the Police Service is the culprit....this kind of narrow analysis will not offer the right solutions to our crime problem..."
On January 23, following the slaying of WPC Elizabeth Sutherland, her husband Ivan, daughter Anika and family friend Kevin Surrette, Paul promised an all out war against the criminal elements.
With a promise to bring the attackers to justice, Paul said he considered the murders "personal" and planned "to match the criminals aggressiveness."
Paul further noted his officers would no longer be treating with criminals "with kid's gloves on."
Less than two weeks after declaring war on criminals, Paul was called upon to answer an allegation made by former Caroni Central Member of Parliament Ganga Singh who stated there was a "death squad" in the Police Service. The allegation came after police shot dead four men in Central Trinidad.
Paul dismissed the claim, but noted his officers will continue to treat with criminals the same aggressiveness they met.
Then there is the issue of statistics which is presented at the majority of press conferences held by at Police Administration Headquarters. Several of these figures are flashed to the media and members of the public to show the progress on certain crimes being on a decrease. But as fast as these statistics came showing a decrease, criminals were again busy showing that numbers do lie.
How many times have we heard Trevor Paul talk about new vehicles and new police units to suppress crime? Since last year Trevor Paul has been "waging war" against criminals and yet we have close to 400 murders in 2007 among other serious crimes. How stupid does Trevor Paul think the citizens are? It's like been there and done that with him. Recycle the same ideas every year and just give it a new name. Since the PNM came into power and appointed Howard Chin Lee and then replace him with Martin Joseph they've gone from A to Z with names for different crime plans. Trevor Paul is a total waste as Commissioner of Police. Every year crime gets worse and no one is being held accountable. What is this Vision 2020 really about? More crime, more corruption and more suffering for the citizens? Less accountability, less transparency and less value for money? Well if that is what Vision 2020 is all about under the PNM then I want no part of it. Time to get rid of the PNM and this PNM-like Commissioner of Police!
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