While politi­cians de­bate the lo­gis­ti­cal ma­noeu­vring and sta­tis­ti­cal ben­e­fits of 30 joint po­lice and army posts, those who will be di­rect­ly im­pact­ed by the ini­tia­tive are ex­press­ing strong sup­port for the plan.

On Mon­day, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar an­nounced the lo­ca­tions for 24 of the 30 pro­posed posts. The Gov­ern­ment in­tends to es­tab­lish the joint Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) and Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force (TTDF) posts over the next four months as part of its crime-fight­ing strat­e­gy.

Yes­ter­day, Guardian Me­dia vis­it­ed three of the pro­posed sites and spoke with res­i­dents and busi­ness op­er­a­tors who would use and ben­e­fit from the posts.