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Building and Enhancing Public Safety and Trust One of the primary responsibilities of the TTPS is to ensure the safety of the citizens, which can be achieved to a great extent through crime statistics. Crime figures play a dual role in this regard. In the first instance, knowledge of crime figures can help citizens make informed decisions about their personal safety; places, situations and potential that may increase the chances of victimization. From a theoretical perspective, crime statistics can disrupt the crime triangle – which posits that crime occurs when potential offenders and suitable targets come together in space and time, in the absence of a capable guardian. Suitable targets can refer to individuals or property, such as homes and cars. Being cognizant of crime rates can make targets less susceptible to potential offenders through target hardening, change in behaviour or other precautionary measures. This is especially important at the individual level to inculcate a sense of personal responsibility that works to prevent crime. The second point is closely related to the first as the regular communication of crime statistics, as well as efforts aimed at reducing crime, can result in the TTPS being perceived as more transparent and accountable. This may, in turn, improve the relationship between police officers and the public through increased trust, and cooperation which would enhance police legitimacy. Given that one of the strategic goals of the TTPS is improving the level of citizen-centred service, greater and more positive engagement of the wider community and building relationships based on trust is an essential part of this process. Crime Statistics in Action well as informing crime prevention actions. Such predictions can focus on a number of variables; offenders, victims, geographic locations or crime events. In any case, this process would allow for the strategic and efficient deployment of resources by the TTPS in its crime fighting efforts. For example, predictive analysis using crime data about a specific type of serious crime from a station district may suggest the increased likelihood of these events occurring on a particular day and within a particular time frame. Therefore, patrols can be proactively dispatched to prevent these incidents from happening. Moving from a reactive position to a more proactive one can significantly contribute to the reduction of crime, which is one of the strategic goals of the TTPS. Without high quality crime statistics and analysis, achieving this goal would be impossible. One recent example of crime statistics being used directly to reduce crime was in the case of a sexual offender in the Port-of-Spain Division. Between September 2014 and September 2015, there were several reports of adolescent boys being taken to abandoned or lonely locations, robbed and sexually assaulted. The nature and relative prevalence of these incidents were of great concern, making them a top priority for police officers. Investigators analysed crime data as well as employed temporal analysis, spatial analysis and criminal profiling for each of these cases. The resulting information strongly suggested that one offender was likely to be responsible for the multiple offences. Further work involving these methods led to one man being arrested and charged for 26 offences emanating from the incidents. Crime statistics played an integral part in the apprehension of this dangerous and prolific offender as it facilitated more advanced analyses to uncover hidden patterns among several incidents. Crime statistics are not simply figures, maps and charts but are the foundation of crime control strategies used by the TTPS. 37
David Riley Corporate Communications Officer ommissioner of Police (Ag.), Stephen Williams, in keeping with the philosophy that community engagement is an essential and necessary requirement to solving and reducing crime, launched the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, ‘Help Solve Crime’ initiative, on December 23rd, 2015. The Help Solve Crime public engagement campaign is aimed at encouraging greater collaboration from citizens in finding solutions to the country’s crime problem, in particular murders and missing person reports. The campaign has two sub-components - Help Solve My Murder and Help Find Me. The initiative was effectively rolled out on January 7th, 2016: firstly, on local television and social media via the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, then, through the use of indoor and outdoor digital screens across the country on February 2nd, 2016. Marlena James, a 12-year-old schoolgirl who was featured on the Help Find Me Campaign via the TTPs’ official Twitter account on February 29th, 2016, was found and subsequently returned on March 2nd 2016 38
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