Published 24 January 2019
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Team Unity Administration investing to ensure the country is safe and secure
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, January 24, 2019 (PLP PR Media Inc.) — Ground breaking ceremony on Wednesday January 23 for the new Sandy Point Police Station is part of Team Unity Administration’s effort to keep the country safe and secure, and to ensure safety and comfort of those charged with the mandate to protect the citizens and residents of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.
Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, while giving remarks at the ceremony which was held at Bouncing Hill in Sandy Point, noted that his Team Unity Administration is investing in the National Security system to make the country the safest small island state in the region.
“What we are doing is part of the continuing efforts of the Team Unity Government to keep our country safe and secure, and to ensure the safety and comfort of all those charged with the mandate to serve and to protect us,” said the Honourable Prime Minister.
Apart from the Sandy Point Police Station which will be opened in February next year, Prime Minister Harris informed the gathering that the new Coast Guard facilities will be opened this year, and noted that extensive renovations are taking place at the Police Headquarters.
Other investments in the National Security system, the Prime Minister revealed, include the investment of nearly half a million dollars at the Frigate Bay Police Outpost to get it up and ready post hurricane, while a quarter million dollars was used at the Police Training School.
“In the interest of law and order, since we have come to office we have invested in our CCTV programme,” said Dr Harris. “We have placed over 345 cameras around Basseterre, Shadwell, and in Conaree. And in those areas where we have placed those cameras we have witnessed, according to the police, a reduction in criminal activity because you now have an ‘extra pair of eyes’, if you will, that could record and help guide the police in their fight against lawlessness in our country.”
Prime Minister Harris announced that the government is going to put up another one thousand cameras around St. Kitts and Nevis, saying that it has prioritised Nevis for action in 2019. He observed that those are important investments that speak beyond a shadow of doubt that the safety of the country is a priority.
Team Unity, the Prime Minister said, will go as far as is necessary to ensure that law and order prevail in the country. He went on: “We will go as far as is necessary to strike out the hooliganism in the country. We will go as far as is necessary to ensure that this country that I love, this country that you love, is the safest small island state in the region.”
Present at the ground breaking ceremony which was chaired by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security Mr Osmond Petty included members of Cabinet: Deputy Prime Minister and Area Parliamentary Representative the Hon Shawn Richards, the Hon Vance Amory, the Hon Ian Patches Liburd, the Hon Lindsay Grant, the Hon Eugene Hamilton, and the Hon Wendy Phipps.
Others present included the Acting Commissioner of Police Hilroy Brandy, Director of Public Works Mr Cromwell Williams who presented the project overview, Fire Chief Everette O’Garro, National Disaster Coordinator Mr Abdias Samuel, Force Chaplain Pastor Ericson Cumberbatch, Force Personnel Officer Mr Clifford Govia, and contractor of the project, Mr Anthony Skeete of Skeete and Associates.
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Pix captions:
1: Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris addressing the ground breaking ceremony in Bouncing Hill, Sandy Point.
2: At ceremony were from left: Acting Commissioner of Police Hilroy Brandy, Prime Minister Harris, Deputy Prime Minister Shawn Richards, and Mr Crowell Williams.
3: Part of the audience at the ground breaking ceremony in Bouncing Hill, Sandy Point.
4: After the turning the sod, from left: Fire Chief Everette O’Garro, Hon Shawn Richards, Prime Minister Harris, Acting Commissioner Hilroy Brandy and Mr Anthony Skeete.
