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With the Christmas and Carnival seasons approaching, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Suzette Martin, is assuring citizens that it is safe to shop and attend public events.
Despite murders and violence continuing during the current State of Emergency (SoE), Martin said long-standing patterns show periods of higher and lower murder activity. She was speaking with Guardian Media during a walkabout with officers from the Penal Police Station, the leadership of the South Western Division, and members of the Penal/Debe Regional Corporations yesterday.
Yesterday, the TTPS reported a 41 per cent decrease in murders from 2024 for the same period, a reduction of 227 murders. During a parliamentary debate on October 31, Attorney General John Jeremie said T&T had benefited from a reduction in murder and other serious crimes as a result of the SoE. Last week, Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander reported 4,494 offences between May and September 2025, with 1,504 of them detected. He provided a monthly breakdown showing fluctuations in reported crimes and said the figures would guide the rollout of the government’s ten-point crime plan.
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