PM Says Government Will Do Whatever It Takes To Protect Maloney Residents From Criminals

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC has assured law-abiding citizens of Maloney that she will do “whatever it takes” to keep them safe, even if it means using Special Operations to target the gangs operating in their community.

In a social media post, one day after the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service and Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, supported by the Strategic Services Agency, launched special operations in the Maloney area within District 2 in response to recent criminal activity, the Prime Minister said the UNC government is determined to protect all law-abiding citizens.

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Referring to a video clip showing citizens fleeing as gunmen shot indiscriminately in the Maloney area earlier in the week, she said, “No man, woman or child should have to flee for their lives in their own community from rampaging gangs shooting indiscriminately.”