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With just days to go be­fore the peak of Car­ni­val 2025, Gold Com­man­der ACP Richard Smith is urg­ing mas­quer­aders and par­ty­go­ers to en­joy the cel­e­bra­tions re­spon­si­bly, re­mind­ing them that “Car­ni­val is not all” and they must be able to walk the streets with their “heads held high” af­ter the fes­tiv­i­ties.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia on Sun­day night dur­ing the Medi­um Bands Panora­ma fi­nals in To­ba­go, he sent a warn­ing against reck­less be­hav­iour, say­ing that while po­lice will be out in full force, of­fi­cers can­not be every­where at all times.

Smith, who heads the Crim­i­nal Di­vi­sion and Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions, said the po­lice were in a strong po­si­tion for Car­ni­val 2025, hav­ing held mul­ti­ple meet­ings with stake­hold­ers, in­clud­ing band lead­ers, the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC), and var­i­ous se­cu­ri­ty agen­cies.