Second Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, this evening laid out parts of a Security Strategic Plan that he intends to implement to address the crime situation.
According to the minister, Phase Two of the Citizen Security Programme project has been tweaked to cater for the installation of more than one hundred closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in and around the city.
“It is around the city where fifty percent of the crimes are being committed. This (the cameras) will be assisted by a command centre, outfitted with televisions which will allow the police to see the entire city, as to what is happening.”
The Public Security Minister is convinced that this step should be taken as the current CCTV cameras that are installed, were instrumental in securing conviction of hundreds of people who had driven dangerously or carelessly on the city roadways.
The CCTV cameras will be supported by the necessary infrastructural work, which will see a conference room being made available, for the consistent monitoring of the cameras.
Minister Ramjattan also announced that a gun amnesty period would commence from September 1, as a measure to reduce the number of illegal firearms in the public domain. This will be supplemented with the enhancement of police administration, the deployment of ranks, and re-organization and training in the Criminal Investigation Department.
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