The Clarendon police are assuring residents that strategies are being intensified to keep crime under control and maintain public safety across the parish amid murders in the parish.

Speaking at Thursday's monthly meeting of the Clarendon Municipal Corporation, Inspector Graham Evangelist reported that the parish recorded 18 murders, up to June 2026, an increase of one homicide or 5.9 per cent, when compared to 17 murders during the corresponding period last year.

He said the division, led by Senior Superintendent Shane McCalla, has strengthened its operational presence across the central parish to combat crime and reassure residents.