Tobago police are growing frustrated with motorists who alert drivers about road traffic exercises.
They say this practise is hindering their efforts to reduce murders and other serious crimes.
Speaking at a town hall meeting on Tuesday night, Senior Superintendent Rodhill Kirk noted that citizens are using technology to work against the police, instead of using those same methods to help with the fight against crime.
During the meeting, he played several voice-notes from different motorists which were shared in a social media app, warning other drivers about police roadblocks and anti-crime exercises at different locations.
“So, you see what is happening,” he said, “every move the police make. The criminals are using the technology as well.”
“We are trying to make you [the public] safe, and every effort we try to do out there, they are seeing us, and they are spreading the word,” he added.
Snr Supt Kirk issued a challenge to Tobagonians to use the technology instead to alert police when criminals are spotted.
“Let us form a group called ‘Spotlight on the Criminals’, and we will say everywhere we see a criminal, and that will help the police,” the senior Tobago cop said.
He added: “We always tell you, ‘If you see something, say something’. This is a way you could say something, too. Just as they are doing this against us, let us do it against them.”
