Public trust and confidence in the police may be on the rise owing to a combination of a significant decrease in serious crimes, including murders, and inter-agency community initiatives.

The last survey done by the Police Service Commission in 2022 put public trust and confidence at eight per cent, and, according to the chairman of the commission, Dr Wendell Wallace, a new survey is in process.

However, DCP Operations Suzette Martin said on December 27, the feedback from scores of people she met throughout the country as the police rolled out its 12 Days of Christmas and Inter-Agency Christmas Caravan activities, many expressed their gratitude for a job well done by the police.