The West­ern Di­vi­sion of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has record­ed a de­cline in mur­ders and oth­er crimes so far this year, ac­cord­ing to head of di­vi­sion Snr Supt Sylvester Williams.

Re­fer­ring to da­ta gath­ered be­tween Jan­u­ary 1 and June 8, Williams said there was a 16 per cent re­duc­tion in Se­ri­ous Re­port­ed Crimes (SRCs). He said while 17 mur­ders were record­ed for the year thus far, there were 18 for the same pe­ri­od last year.

Williams re­vealed these sta­tis­tics at a po­lice me­dia brief­ing at the TTPS Ad­min­is­tra­tion Build­ing, Sackville Street, Port-of-Spain, yes­ter­day.