Despite continued efforts to improve safety measures for its employees, the Telecommunications Services of T&T (TSTT) says the murder of Kenny Goddard indicates there was room for improvement.TSTT's manager of media relations and corporate communications Graeme Suite said safeguarding employees remained a top concern.
Suite was speaking to the media after the launch of the T&T Publishers and Broadcasters Association seventh annual media awards at the Carlton Savannah, St Ann's, yesterday.TSTT maintained police officers were present while Goddard and 13 other employees were installing cables on Western Main Road, Cocorite, on Sunday night.
Suite said: "On Sunday there were two police officers on duty.
"They were in plainclothes in an unmarked vehicle."Asked if the officers attempted to apprehend the assailant or the occupants of the waiting getaway car if they were on duty, Suite said he was unaware.
Suite said for several years TSTT had engaged the services of either private security or national police to accompany workers in areas deemed "hot spots."
He said a meeting between the company and the Communication Workers' Union was held yesterday afternoon to discuss additional mechanisms to ensure the safety of employees.Suite said: "I don't know if we'll ever get to the perfect position. As you know we've had various issues with security of the company's plant over the years and we have incrementally made substantial investment in equipment and manpower to safeguard plant and employees and this unfortunate incident on Sunday highlights that there is still need for some further improvements on it."
He added no one had been held for questioning and there were no updates in the police investigation.TSTT offered a $100,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators involved in the killing of Goddard.
