The Port-of-Spain City Po­lice launched it’s Christ­mas an­ti-crime plan yes­ter­day.

Un­der the su­per­vi­sion of Su­per­in­ten­dent Charles and in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice, the Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice con­duct­ed their Day of Polic­ing.

Downtown Owners Merchants Association head Gregory Aboud left walks along with Rural Development and Local Government Minister Kazim Hosein and Mayor Joel Martinez, during the launch of Port of Spain Christmas Anti-Crime Plan on Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

KERWIN PIERRE

“What we will be see­ing to­day is of­fi­cers strate­gi­cal­ly placed at all lo­ca­tions through­out the city. Thus far we have is­sued 10 fixed penal­ty no­tices, three face mask no­tices. One per­son was ar­rest­ed for dri­ving a ve­hi­cle who was nev­er is­sued a valid dri­ver’s per­mit and al­so with­out in­sur­ance,” said Cor­po­ral Ma­haraj of the Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice.

Port-of-Spain City Police officers search a man during the launch of Port of Spain Christmas Anti-Crime Plan on Ferderick Street,yesterday .

“We have of­fi­cers strate­gi­cal­ly placed at each lo­ca­tion. We are do­ing stop and search ex­er­cis­es check­ing ve­hi­cles, check­ing per­sons if they have out­stand­ing war­rants and so on,” he said.

Port-of-Spain Mayor Joel Martinez and Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Kazim Hosein give a member of the public a pamphlet during the launch of Port-of-Spain Christmas Anti-Crime Plan on Ferderick Street, yesterday .

KERWIN PIERRE

The an­ti-crime plan comes as the bustling Christ­mas shop­ping sea­son be­gins in the cap­i­tal city.