An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­na-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt

The T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) is stand­ing by its promise to re­store con­fi­dence and re­build pub­lic trust.

As part of its ef­forts, it has em­barked on an out­reach mea­sure ti­tled “Cof­fee and Con­ver­sa­tion” with Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (DCP), In­tel­li­gence and In­ves­ti­ga­tions, Suzette Mar­tin.

A fly­er pro­mot­ing the mea­sure ad­vised per­sons that they can avail them­selves of the op­por­tu­ni­ty by ei­ther send­ing a What­sApp mes­sage to 1-868-799 (TALK); or email­ing dcpchat@ttps.gov.tt to sched­ule their 15-minute chat with the DCP.

Of­fi­cials as­sured, “Con­ver­sa­tions can be in per­son, on the phone or on­line.”

When Guardian Me­dia con­tact­ed the num­ber, a fe­male of­fi­cer in­di­cat­ed the ini­tia­tive catered to mem­bers of the pub­lic who wished to re­port par­tic­u­lar crimes.

She went on to ex­plain that the medi­um was there to lis­ten to the pub­lic’s con­cerns.

She said it was hoped the pub­lic would feel more com­fort­able via this ini­tia­tive to, “come and re­port crimes.”

Guardian Me­dia was told that in cas­es where the pub­lic felt that their re­ports were not be­ing dealt with in a time­ly man­ner, or that the TTPS had failed to act in their in­ter­est, they were free to utilise this plat­form to speak with the se­nior of­fi­cer.