Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Er­la Christo­pher has told cit­i­zens to fol­low the safe­ty ad­vice from the Po­lice Ser­vice over the Christ­mas hol­i­day week­end. She said of­fi­cers have been called out from desk and ad­min­is­tra­tive du­ties to as­sist in pa­trols through­out the cities, towns, shop­ping cen­tres, malls, and with­in com­mu­ni­ties.

The fol­low­ing is a state­ment by the Ag CoP.

“Mer­ry Christ­mas to all. Af­ter two years of re­strict­ed cel­e­bra­tions, we are all glad to have a ‘nor­mal’ Christ­mas this year, but re­mem­ber nor­mal safe­ty pre­cau­tions still ap­ply.”

This from Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Er­la Christo­pher as she calls on the pub­lic to fol­low the safe­ty ad­vice from the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice, as the long Christ­mas hol­i­day week­end ap­proach­es.

“We are ad­vis­ing per­sons to cel­e­brate with safe­ty in mind when shop­ping, and con­duct­ing busi­ness, whether at home and es­pe­cial­ly on the roads. We are ap­peal­ing to mo­torists to ex­er­cise re­spon­si­ble dri­ving prac­tices, please give con­sid­er­a­tion to all road users and obey all traf­fic laws. We know this is a fes­tive sea­son and vis­it­ing friends and fam­i­ly is com­mon­place, but if you have to dri­ve, don’t drink and if you drink, don’t dri­ve. Give that re­spon­si­bil­i­ty to a des­ig­nat­ed dri­ver. For those who go to the beach­es, I urge you to cel­e­brate with sun, sea, sand, and safe­ty. Al­so, pay close at­ten­tion to the weath­er ad­vi­sories and alerts re­gard­ing sea con­di­tions over the week­end,” said the Act­ing CoP.

The Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er al­so as­sures the pub­lic that po­lice of­fi­cers will be out in full force in the lead up to and dur­ing this fes­tive long week­end.

She not­ed that of­fi­cers have been called out from desk and ad­min­is­tra­tive du­ties to as­sist in pa­trols through­out the cities, towns, shop­ping cen­tres, malls, and with­in com­mu­ni­ties.

She added, “The pub­lic can look for­ward to a heavy and sus­tained po­lice pres­ence, on the ground through foot and mo­bile pa­trols, and on horse­back, by sea through our River­ine Unit and by air, through the use of our Air Sup­port Unit, us­ing our drone tech­nol­o­gy.

As we cel­e­brate Christ­mas and move in­to the new year, and the much an­tic­i­pat­ed Car­ni­val sea­son, the TTPS will use all the re­sources at its dis­pos­al to keep the pub­lic safe.”