THE Couva Police Station Community Council (CPSCC) is taking bold steps to strengthen ties with the many communities it serves in central Trinidad. The latest initiative toward achieving its wide-ranging objective involved a successful one-day football tournament that brought together youths from the region at the Caldrac Grounds in California on November 30.

CPSCC president, Bishop Ezekiel Clarke, explained that the sporting venture was a celebration of keen rivalry, sportsmanship and unity among the young people who represented various communities under the council’s purview. “The youths comprise one of our main target groups. Our primary objective is to steer them away from a life of crime and cultivate in them the attributes and qualities of outstanding citizens,” he noted.

Clarke, who shares leadership responsibilities with Insp Khan, of the Couva Police, expressed the hope that the council would be able to expand its range of volunteer services in 2026 and the years ahead.