Couva North MP knocks crime plan

“It seems as though there is an ignorance of the realities of increasing crime and its impact on the population.

In the latest shoot-out between gangs in Maloney, two children aged nine and 11 were shot in the melee. Last week in Enterprise there was another shooting of a businessman and his four-year-old daughter by a bicycle-riding shooter. Luckily the daughter escaped unhurt.” Speaking with Newsday, MP Ramdial said the worsening crime situation demands that government take greater action and play a more proactive role in order to ensure the safety of its citizens.

Citing the absence of a permanent police post in Enterprise, Ramdial said the National Security Minister must reaffirm his commitment to the safety of citizens.

“The Minister during his last walkabout in Enterprise assured persons that there would be 24-hour joint foot patrols by police and soldiers, to date there has been no patrols.

Also he said that he was unable to say for certain when exactly the police post in Enterprise would be constructed, this is something that we need to know.” Ramdial added that community policing initiatives were in desperate need of a revamping and called on the Ministry to lend the necessary support to the police service in order to maximise effectiveness.