Dillon: Missing teenagers found

He assured senators that police officers, “are looking vigorously to locate the remaining four.” Dillon said it was apparent that many teenagers leave home, “of their own free will and these are domestic issues.” The minister said the Police Service is doing what it can through police youth clubs to help teenagers to make informed choices.

Dillon encouraged parents and guardians to develop better communication with their children.

In response to another question, Dillon said there are no plans to precept soldiers who were deployed recently to Enterprise in Chaguanas. Later in the sitting, Dillon said no audits were submitted for the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) to Parliament for the last five years because of the efforts by the former People’s Partnership (PP) government to dismantle the agency. He said since last January, proper metrics are being used to evaluate the performance of the SSA and there is also a unit within the ministry that assists in this exercise.