DEPUTY Commissioner of Police Junior Benjamin is lauding officers for reducing murders significantly.

Speaking to reporters while visiting Success Laventille Secondary on September 8, the first day of the school term, Benjamin said the police’s crime-fighting interventions were having an effect.

“We have 258 murders for the year compared to 435 last year,” Benjamin said. “That is a massive drop in terms of decline. Yes, we cannot just take these figures when there are still murders, but it means that the interventions that are taking place in TT are working for us tremendously, especially during the SoE.”