CDA vows more stringent security

UPDATE:

CHAGUARAMAS Development Authority (CDA) Board member Robert Cezaire expressed concern after Sunday night’s shooting which claimed the lives of three bathers and left an eight-year-old boy hospitalised along the boardwalk. He promised an increase in security throughout Chaguaramas.
Speaking with Newsday yesterday, Cezaire extended condolences to the families of the victims and said senior officer with the CDA Police Simon Lendore has already engaged in discussions with Divisional Commander of the Western Division and acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams for additional security.
He said he also had intentions of speaking with senior officials from the defence force to discuss what additional security they could provide to make the peninsula area a safer place for visitors.
“We are awaiting the results of the police investigation, we are in fact reviewing our entire security. Based on those conversations and the outcome of the investigation it will determine our way forward in terms of how we protect our tenants and patrons of the peninsula.
“We understand that Chaguaramas is a place where people look forward to coming, and the fact that schools are closed we expect to have a lot of children at the boardwalk so that would have given us our impetus to review our entire security process and we are currently doing that and we certainly expect that with cooperation from the TTPS we will be putting additional measures in place. We will also be having discussions with the defence force and to see what assistance they can provide us with.”
Cezaire said public could expect to see additional security in less than three weeks and said the Authority continues to take all incidents of crime along the peninsula seriously.

ORIGINAL STORY:

Chaguaramas Development Authority (CDA) Board member Robert Cezaire expressed concern after Sunday night's shooting which claimed the lives of three bathers and left an eight-year-old boy hospitalised along the Chaguaramas Boardwalk and promised an increase in security throughout Chaguaramas.

Speaking with Newsday yesterday, Cezaire extended condolences to the families of the victims and said senior officer with the CDA Police Simon Lendore has already engaged in discussions with Divisional Commander of the Western Division and acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams for additional security.

He said he also had intentions of speaking with senior officials from the defence force to discuss what additional security they could provide to make the peninsula area a safer place for visitors.