As of Ju­ly 28, the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has achieved sev­en out of the ten crime-fight­ing ob­jec­tives they set for this year.

The TTPS had tar­get­ed: a re­duc­tion in mur­ders, vi­o­lent crimes, sex­u­al of­fences, se­ri­ous re­port­ed crimes, car thefts, fa­tal road traf­fic ac­ci­dents; a high­er de­tec­tion rate for mur­der, fraud and vi­o­lent crime; high­er firearm re­cov­ery and more an­ti-gang charges be­ing laid.

Da­ta col­lat­ed by the TTPS Crime and Prob­lem Analy­sis (CA­PA) branch, which was com­pared to the cor­re­spond­ing pe­ri­od in 2024, showed there was a 36 per cent re­duc­tion in mur­ders, with 222 mur­ders as of Ju­ly 28, com­pared to 349 for the same pe­ri­od last year.