Top cop: Don’t pee in public

He said while it is difficult for police to seek out persons who deface walls and relieve themselves on same, he is strongly advising that defecating and urinating in public is an offence and those found committing it, will be arrested and charged.

According to ALP Hackshaw, many Carnival bands are equipped with portable toilet facilities on trucks which masqueraders could make full use of.

Residents, mainly in the Woodbrook area have complained year after year about the walls of their properties being defaced and used as a toilet by Carnival revellers which apart from creating a smelly health hazard causes unnecessary expenses to clean up after the two days of Carnival revelry.

Residents have been meeting with police every Carnival begging for some kind of intervention against this form of law-breaking. ACP Hackshaw said while there will be a heavy focus on ensuring the safety of revellers and members of the public during Carnival, police will be on the lookout for law-breakers. He also called on members of the public entering Port-of-Spain, Chaguanas, San Fernando and other areas to leave knives, ice picks and other weapons at home.

Police will be on duty at City Gate, the main transit hub into Port-of-Spain to ensure no armed persons come into the city on Carnival Monday and Tuesday. He warned that those found with weapons will be arrested and spend Carnival in jail to face a magistrate on Ash Wednesday