Top cop to meet with Santa Rosa residents
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith.
ARIMA MP Pennelope Beckles has arranged a meeting for her constituents and the Commissioner of Police on Thursday to discuss the apparent impending closure of one or more police stations in the area.
Late last year, CoP Griffith announced plans to “repurpose” police stations and have police on more patrols, similar to those proposed in former police commissioner Dwayne Gibbs’s 21st-century policing scheme in 2011.
But the idea has upset residents of a number of districts in the Northern Division, especially rural areas and communities affected by various types of crime.
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Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith - ROGER JACOB
The transformation of the police service will see more officers back out on the streets nationwide, walking the beat, said Police Commissioner Gary Griffith.
Griffith said the transformation is not to have officers sit in a building waiting for something to happen.
He spoke at a town meeting on Monday at the New Grant Primary School.
Residents had called for the meeting because of the repurposing of the St Mary s police post in Moruga and the Tableland police station. We are improving the standard of policing. We intend to have police back out on the streets, walking the beat and interacting with citizens, Griffith told residents. You can go to any police station at any time to make a report. This will continue on a 24-hour basis.