Top Cop calls for divine intervention in the fight against crime

Williams said no amount of police presence could have an impact on such crimes and the county now more than ever needs divine intervention in the fight against crime.

At the time, Williams was addressing police at the TTPS South Western Division Interfaith Service at the La Divina Pastora Roman Catholic Church in Siparia yesterday.

“There is nothing the police can do about these crimes. We are seeing a series of killings for which no amout of police presence on the streets can have an impact, but God is in control as always and we are asking God to continue to be in control,” Williams said.

The latest killing of a violent nature recorded was the murder of a woman whose throat was slit by a man whom she knew at MovieTowne, Port-of-Spain on Sunday.

The Ag Police Commissioner said with an increase in violent crime, there is now a perception in the public that the nation is in a crime crisis, which he said bears no truth.

“We are faced with a problem of violent crimes, but serious crimes are down and the public is not seeing that,” he stressed.

Giving example, Williams said the type of crimes that occur of a violent nature today are “a brother stabbing another brother for $30 or a daughter stabbing a father in their home”, which he said the police cannot prevent or control.

“We are asking God to continue to be in control and to pay a special kind of attention to what is happening in Trinidad and Tobago as we police officers who are faced with the responsibility can continue to focus on fulfilling our roles,” he said.

He said the time had come to merge religion with policing within the communities as violent crimes have traumatised the nation.

He said these crimes do not occur in the public domain, which poses a challenge for the TTPS.

“The levels of crime is not from a practical purpose at the stage people are perceiving it, but we are saying there is a need for the citizens of this land to start to act responsibly because we are seeing a lot of irresponsible behaviour,” he said. Also addressing the audience, Dr Oval Steale advised young police to take care of their physical health.

He said that too often police neglect their health and suffer from long term health problems.