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MINISTER of Homeland Security Roger Alexander alleged that the former PNM administration had greatly under-resourced the police service and had poorly run the Ministry of National Security. He was winding up a UNC pre-budget consultation at Hillview College in the Tunapuna constituency, for which he is MP, on July 16.

Earlier, he had launched the consultation by admitting it had been a hard couple of months since the UNC swept the polls in the April 28 general election, but had also vowed, "We move forward in a positive way."

He said governments in TT are nowadays judged on how they handle the crime situation. Alexander urged constituents to officially make known their concerns, while saying his focus was on providing good governance rather than getting involved in "little tits and tats about persons."