Res­i­dents of sev­er­al cen­tral Trinidad com­mu­ni­ties are up-in-arms over the sud­den clo­sure of the Bras­so Po­lice Post, and the Gran Cou­va Po­lice Sta­tion. "No word or ad­vice or in­for­ma­tion was giv­en to the pop­u­lace, and now we are told that the Bras­so Po­lice Post will be closed to give way to 21st cen­tu­ry polic­ing. "What is that? Does it mean that the po­lice would have more leisure time on their hands in­stead of at­tend­ing to the cries and com­plaints of the peo­ple?" one busi­ness­man ques­tioned.

"We feel that the peo­ple of cen­tral Trinidad are not treat­ed fair­ly, es­pe­cial­ly with the high in­ci­dence of crimes, in­clu­sive of agri­cul­tur­al prod­ucts. Sud­den­ly there is no po­lice pres­ence in the area," a for­mer coun­cil­lor not­ed. The Bras­so Po­lice Sta­tion was closed by the then UNC gov­ern­ment around 1999, and af­ter sev­er­al years of protests, a po­lice post was es­tab­lished at Flana­gin Town. Res­i­dents are con­cerned about the safe­ty of their fam­i­lies. They are call­ing on Min­is­ter of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty John Sandy and Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Dwayne Gibbs to re­think this new pro­gramme.