As the end of the cur­rent State of Emer­gency (SoE) on April 13 looms, act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (CoP) Ju­nior Ben­jamin says the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) will con­tin­ue its re­lent­less ef­forts to sus­tain peace and se­cu­ri­ty af­ter the pe­ri­od.

Speak­ing dur­ing yes­ter­day’s T&T Po­lice Ser­vice me­dia brief­ing at the Po­lice Ad­min­is­tra­tion Build­ing, Port-of-Spain, Ben­jamin said there had been a de­cline in vi­o­lent crimes since the year be­gan.

Se­nior of­fi­cials yes­ter­day claimed the ma­jor­i­ty of the 94 mur­ders com­mit­ted up to 4 pm yes­ter­day were not main­ly fu­elled by gun or gang-re­lat­ed ac­tiv­i­ty but rather by drugs and per­son­al al­ter­ca­tions.