10 police posts for Carnival

COMMISIONER of Police Hilton Guy has instituted ten temporary police posts for Carnival Monday and Tuesday, a release from public relations manager, Annmarie Grant said yesterady. 

Nine of the ten police posts will be located in Port-of-Spain, while the other one is in the San Fernando district. However, while there is only one police post in the South, the statement said, police will also be strategically placed at the intersections of High Street, Coffee Street, Mucurapo Street, Pointe-a-Pierre Road, and also at Cipero and Coffee Streets. The lone police post in San Fernando will be placed at the Grant’s School, corner Coffee and Carib Streets. 

The nine police posts in Port-of-Spain have telephone numbers, while the San Fernando does not. In Port-of-Spain, Guy’s statement said the police posts will be set up at the Frederick Street entrance to the Queen’s Park Savannah, opposite Memorial Park (625-1796); the main entrance to the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah (625-5731); Royal Bank Car Park, South Quay (624-4595); Knowsley Building, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (624-4624); Piccadilly Government School, on the greens (625-5881); Adam Smith Square, Park and Shine Streets (624-4489); Sacred Heart Girls RC School, Park and Dundonald Streets (624-4503); Rosary Boy’s RC School, corner Park and Charlotte Streets (624-4606); Queen’s Park Oval near Havelock Street (628-1814).