Po­lice of­fi­cers as­signed to the San­gre Grande Com­mu­ni­ty Ori­ent­ed Polic­ing sec­tion took time off yes­ter­day to un­der­take a clean-up project at a pop­u­lar lim­ing spot com­mon­ly known as The Cut Away on Man­zanil­la beach.

The of­fi­cers in­clud­ed Se­nior Supt Khan, head of the East­ern Di­vi­sion, WP Cor­po­ral Leza­ma and con­sta­bles Per­sad, Ali and Phillip. Po­lice of­fi­cers were joined by mem­bers of San­gre Grande Po­lice Youth Club, Teen Chal­lenge, Je­sus Christ of Lat­ter-Day Saints and the com­mu­ni­ty.

Of­fi­cers said The Cut Away has be­come an eye­sore with the amount of garbage left by sea bathers, so the of­fi­cers de­cid­ed to do a beau­ti­fi­ca­tion project.

PC Ali said the du­ty of po­lice is not on­ly to pro­tect and serve cit­i­zens but al­so to en­sure the en­vi­ron­ment is safe and clean.

The of­fi­cers promised to place sig­nage at the pop­u­lar spot along Man­zanil­la beach urg­ing sea bathers and vis­i­tors to keep the area clean and to re­move their garbage.

“These peo­ple seem not to be en­vi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly. They will come to the beach, have a good time and leave the place pol­lut­ed with garbage. This prac­tice must stop im­me­di­ate­ly, all should be proud of the en­vi­ron­ment,” Snr Supt Khan said.

Of­fi­cers al­so re­mind­ed the pub­lic that the tur­tles which fre­quent the shore at this point are pre­vent­ed from nest­ing be­cause of the garbage.