Cops warn residents to be vigilant

Se­nior po­lice of­fi­cials in the North Cen­tral Di­vi­sion (NCD) have con­firmed in­creas­es in mur­ders, sex­u­al of­fences, home in­va­sions and fraud since the start of the year. They al­so urged res­i­dents to take steps to pro­tect them­selves and their prop­er­ty.

At a town hall meet­ing at the Curepe Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre on Wednes­day, res­i­dents raised con­cerns about sus­pect­ed il­le­gal im­mi­grants walk­ing through the area, garbage be­ing searched and scat­tered, derelict ve­hi­cles ob­struct­ing traf­fic and ve­hi­cles parked along Lyn­don Street by a garage own­er.

They al­so com­plained about phys­i­cal abuse of el­der­ly res­i­dents, noise from bars and in­con­sid­er­ate be­hav­iour by maxi-taxi and taxi dri­vers on main roads and with­in the East Grove Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment.