As the Christmas holiday season nears, the Barbados Police Service is gearing up for its Yuletide operation, intensifying efforts to maintain a safe environment for citizens.
Commissioner of Police Richard Boyce recently disclosed that with an influx in visitors, longer opening hours and increased traffic, the service will focus on bolstering police presence in commercial areas and using security camera surveillance to complement the officers’ presence.
“All levels of society would like to go and must go about their duties with a level of satisfaction and lack of fear to know that they don’t have to look behind their shoulders at every turn and there will be the presence of the police officers in these particular areas, he said.
The Commissioner made his remarks during the police’s recruitment fair held at the Police Sports Club, in Roebuck Street, St Michael.
Boyce said the Yuletide Operation will target malls and other locations where heavy foot traffic is likely to nullify the possibility of criminal activity.
Additionally, they have identified ‘hazard spots’ where there is an absence of lighting.
“Already, we have identified some commercial areas that are in need of cameras and right now, our men, who have been tasked to install those cameras, they are out and about making those areas safe and having the eyes out there for us, because we cannot provide the level of manpower we would like but the cameras will do the work for us.
“We are fully entrenched to begin with the Yuletide session,” he assured noting they will “determine re-deployment, do their re-assessment, reengagement and move things forward to have that security posture that would make the country safe,” he added. (JRN)
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