T&T under lockdown
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 12:40 am
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T&T is under lockdown! Hours after the Government appointed Canadian Dwayne Gibbs as this country’s new Commissioner of Police a 24-hour lockdown has gone into effect throughout T&T. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the People’s Partnership Local Government launch at Mid Centre Mall on Friday. The lockdown, Persad-Bissessar said, is a stringent joint force comprising heavy police and army presence targeting criminal elements on weekends. The lockdown commenced at 5 pm on Friday and is expected to continue until a dent is seen in the escalating crime situation. The forceful measures Persad-Bissessar said had become necessary given the criminals non-stop approach. Statistics, the prime minister revealed, showed that up until June 26 of this year there was a total of 9,665 crimes and only 1,388 were solved.
Kamla to Gibbs: Perform or ship out
Meanwhile, Persad-Bissessar said if Gibbs did not perform he will be fired. Twenty five MPs voted for Gibbs to assume the position of top cop on Friday, while the Opposition opted to abstain from voting.
Defending the decision Persad-Bissessar said: “Should he not perform he comes on contract. In the contract there are benchmarks of performance and if you do not perform fire you. If you do not perform ship out. Maybe it is not the best; maybe it is best only time will tell.”
T&T is under lockdown! Hours after the Government appointed Canadian Dwayne Gibbs as this country’s new Commissioner of Police a 24-hour lockdown has gone into effect throughout T&T. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the People’s Partnership Local Government launch at Mid Centre Mall on Friday. The lockdown, Persad-Bissessar said, is a stringent joint force comprising heavy police and army presence targeting criminal elements on weekends. The lockdown commenced at 5 pm on Friday and is expected to continue until a dent is seen in the escalating crime situation. The forceful measures Persad-Bissessar said had become necessary given the criminals non-stop approach. Statistics, the prime minister revealed, showed that up until June 26 of this year there was a total of 9,665 crimes and only 1,388 were solved.
Kamla to Gibbs: Perform or ship out
Meanwhile, Persad-Bissessar said if Gibbs did not perform he will be fired. Twenty five MPs voted for Gibbs to assume the position of top cop on Friday, while the Opposition opted to abstain from voting.
Defending the decision Persad-Bissessar said: “Should he not perform he comes on contract. In the contract there are benchmarks of performance and if you do not perform fire you. If you do not perform ship out. Maybe it is not the best; maybe it is best only time will tell.”