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PolSC laments lack of reduction in crime, says just 8% happy with TTPS

Almost one year after T&T recorded its bloodiest year with over 600 murders at the end of 2022, the Police Service Commission (PolSC) has lamented that the country’s national security apparatus was not able to make a dent in crime.“Over the past year, we have not seen the reduction in crime that, as a country, we all had hoped to see,” the PolSC said in it 2022 annual report, which was laid in the Parliament yesterday.
This, as 71 per cent of respondents reported they were fearful or very fearful of being physically attacked/assaulted by a stranger in their community; and 77 per cent said they were fearful or very fearful of being a victim of robbery/home invasion/housebreaking.

The commission reported, “A further 73 per cent of respondents said they felt unsafe or very unsafe leaving the entry and exit doors open when they were home.
“Moreover, the survey found that only 8 per cent of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with the job police are doing in this country.”This, the PolSC claimed, represented, “a significant decline from the 48 percent who were satisfied with the job being done by the Police in 2003 and is a far cry from the 60 percent who felt safe or fairly safe walking alone in their neighbourhood at night”