Chester Sam­bra­no

Lead Ed­i­tor - News­gath­er­ing

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar yes­ter­day laid out a de­tailed an­ti-crime strat­e­gy cen­tred on in­sti­tu­tion­al re­form, en­hanced po­lice ca­pa­bil­i­ties, and in­tel­li­gence-dri­ven op­er­a­tions, while de­clar­ing that State-fund­ed pro­grammes like the Com­mu­ni­ty-Based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP) and the Un­em­ploy­ment Re­lief Pro­gramme (URP) must no longer be used to bankroll crim­i­nal gangs.