Per­form­ing the an­nu­al Car­ni­val walk­a­bout in the cap­i­tal city for the last time as Min­is­ter of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty yes­ter­day, Fitzger­ald Hinds said the last rodeo had left him hap­py and proud.

Speak­ing with re­porters as the se­cu­ri­ty con­tin­gent crossed the down­town judg­ing point at South Quay, Port-of-Spain, just be­fore 9 am, Hinds said the walk clear­ly demon­strat­ed “the law en­force­ment plat­form is unit­ed.”

De­clar­ing, “it is strong and al­most om­nipresent,” he said this had been echoed by both lo­cals and vis­i­tors through­out the fes­tiv­i­ties.