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With a sharp in­crease in fa­tal shoot­ings in­volv­ing po­lice of­fi­cers, the Po­lice So­cial and Wel­fare As­so­ci­a­tion pres­i­dent ASP Gideon Dick­son agrees with Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der that the safe­ty of of­fi­cers is para­mount.

Checks with the Po­lice Com­plaints Au­thor­i­ty (PCA) yes­ter­day re­vealed 27 fa­tal po­lice in­ci­dents for the year so far, re­sult­ing in 35 vic­tims. In con­trast, by May 25 last year, there were 15 such in­ci­dents with 23 vic­tims. This marks an 80 per cent rise in in­ci­dents and a 52.17 per cent in­crease in vic­tims.

Alexan­der told re­porters in Princes Town yes­ter­day, “For them to pro­tect you, we must first pro­tect them.”