The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has in­ten­si­fied its com­mu­ni­ty crime-fight­ing strat­e­gy in cen­tral Trinidad, with res­i­dents of Cunu­pia rais­ing con­cerns over gang ac­tiv­i­ty, busi­ness se­cu­ri­ty and de­clin­ing po­lice vis­i­bil­i­ty dur­ing a high-lev­el en­gage­ment on Sat­ur­day.

Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (Op­er­a­tions) Suzette Mar­tin led the lat­est ses­sion of the “Cof­fee and Con­ver­sa­tions” ini­tia­tive, held in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Cunu­pia Po­lice Sta­tion Coun­cil and the Cunu­pia Busi­ness Cham­ber, as part of on­go­ing ef­forts to gath­er in­tel­li­gence from com­mu­ni­ties and shape lo­cal polic­ing pri­or­i­ties.

The meet­ing brought to­geth­er res­i­dents, busi­ness op­er­a­tors, com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers, sta­tion coun­cil mem­bers and rep­re­sen­ta­tives of sev­er­al state agen­cies to out­line key pub­lic safe­ty chal­lenges in the dis­trict.