Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is urg­ing cit­i­zens to play a greater role in re­duc­ing crime, say­ing pub­lic safe­ty is a shared re­spon­si­bil­i­ty and not sole­ly the job of the coun­try's law en­force­ment agen­cies.

In a Face­book post, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said re­duc­ing crime "is not on­ly the re­spon­si­bil­i­ty of our po­lice and se­cu­ri­ty forces. It is the re­spon­si­bil­i­ty of every one of us."

While not­ing that gang-re­lat­ed mur­ders con­tin­ue to de­cline, the Prime Min­is­ter said too many peo­ple are still los­ing their lives be­cause of anger, re­venge and do­mes­tic dis­putes.