FRIDAY, DECEMBER 06, 2024
VOLUME 118, No.49
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COMMISSIONER ADMITS TO UNEASE: POLICE ACTIVE Below: Members of special unit of the RSVGPF patrolling a designated ‘hotspot’ in Kingstown.
not to offer promises, but to present ‘concrete measures’ to be deployed or that the RSVGPF already has in motion.
Measures to combat crime
Enville Williams, Acting Commissioner of Police, sought to publicly address the uneasy situation in SVG through a press statement last Monday.
“Our approach is guided by precise operational objectives, disciplined execution and the coordinated use of resources to achieve results,” the CoP (Ag) established. Some of the ongoing strategies that have already yielded results include the improved Continued on Page 3.
saying that what the police was presently facing was not a singular “THE RECENT RISE IN challenge, but a VIOLENT CRIME, particular convergence of criminal murders involving activities that demanded firearms, has brought a calculated response. significant unease to the Notwithstanding, the general public.” acting CoP (Ag) agreed, This assessment was “The concerns raised by included in a press citizens in the national statement made by discourse, including Commissioner of Police those reflected in social (Ag) Enville Williams, media narratives are December 2, 2024, at both valid and urgent.” 4:10 PM, less than two In disclosing that days after a shooting there were as of incident in Paul’s December 2, 49 Avenue, Kingstown, left homicides recorded - 46 three people dead. murders and 3 policeAnd while he assured related shootings, CoP that the Royal St. (Ag) Williams declared Vincent and the “… all of these murders Grenadines Police Force are reprehensible and (RSVGPF) was are not tolerated and/or monitoring the situation, accepted.” he sought to describe the And to support this he challenge the police face, said the statement was Stories by DAYLE DA SILVA
POLICE TO ENHANCE BOND WITH PUBLIC AS A STRATEGY TO GET THE PUBLIC to play its part in fighting crime, the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force is expected to introduce initiatives for sharing information between the public and police. ‘Community walk-throughs’ were one measure the police employed in an effort to build bonds with the public.
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