Maloney ‘singled out’

TRINCITY/Maloney Member of Parliament Camille Robinson-Regis has questioned the decision to impose a curfew in Maloney, claiming residents were being stigmatised and that the police had not put the necessary arrangements in place to implement the operation.

Robinson-Regis raised concerns about the apparent absence of a clear permit system, the availability of body-worn cameras for police officers and the conduct of soldiers operating in the community without police officers accompanying them.

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She spoke to reporters outside the Maloney Police Station yesterday after meeting with Senior Superintendent Avalon Frank. Robinson-Regis said she had been assured by Frank that arrangements would be put in place, but questioned why they had not been established before the operation began on Tuesday night.