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As na­tion­al ten­sions rise over crime, po­lice con­duct, and mount­ing calls for the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro to step down, three of the coun­try’s busi­ness or­gan­i­sa­tions are urg­ing a calm, bal­anced, and non­po­lit­i­cal ap­proach to the coun­try’s deep­en­ing se­cu­ri­ty chal­lenges—is­sues that con­tin­ue to im­pact cit­i­zens, com­mu­ni­ties and the wider busi­ness sec­tor.

Pub­lic out­rage in­ten­si­fied over the week­end fol­low­ing the po­lice-in­volved killing of 31-year-old Joshua Sama­roo and the shoot­ing of his wife, Ka­ia Sealy.

The case has fu­elled wide­spread anger, sharp­ened scruti­ny of the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS), and reignit­ed the na­tion­al de­bate about crime, pub­lic trust and po­lice ac­count­abil­i­ty.