The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force have intensified its anti-crime suppression operations in order to maintain public safety and reduce crime.
Part of the Force’s adopted strategy focuses on high visibility with targeted operations.
Today, officers of the Tactical Unit led by acting Superintendent Nigel Gilkes conducted walks within the community of Dock Yard, Providenciales, and interacted with members of the community. Whilst patrolling, officers found a quantity of packaged vegetable matter suspected to be cannabis which was seized for destruction.
Supt. Gilkes noted during the walk: “The model of policing that has proven effective is one in which there is heavy community involvement, matched with proactive, responsive, professional and sensitive policing. Earning people’s respect and cooperation in preventing crime is the core of good policing,
“The RTCIPF Community Engagement initiative is one great avenue through which young persons who are vulnerable to falling victim to criminal activity, can receive mentorship and have their energies channelled into more positive and productive areas. Police visibility is an important aspect of the crime fight. People are more likely to trust the police if officers are often seen within communities
“I wish to urge the people of the TCI, to not only partner with us in the aftermath of criminal occurrences, but to also support us in our more preventative efforts, aimed at curbing the spread of criminality in the beautiful by nature TCI. The RTCIPF will continue to actively pursue initiatives to strengthen our relationships with law abiders.”
The RTCIPF wishes to remind the public that they can report a crime to 911, at the closest police station or contact Crime Stoppers and give any information on illegal activity anonymously.
Please note, that Crime Stoppers calls are answered in Miami and in Houston by Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers which is a non-profit and not a police agency.
The calls are anonymous and cannot be traced in the United States or the TCI.