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Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin during yesterday’s press conference.
 
 
   
Improve safety, security
Safety standards for buildings is absolutely necessary, as is good street lighting and the provision of surveillance systems.

That is according to Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin. He added his voice to those who have been calling for stepped up safety and security in the wake of the robbery and fire that occurred at Campus Trendz in the City last weekend. Pointing out that there are lessons that we can learn from that incident, Dottin said a range of “situational measures” are needed to deal with the problems of safety and security that exist. These measures, he said, would limit the opportunity for the commission of crime and also maximise the likelihood of offenders being caught.

“The matter of street lighting of course is important, good street lighting acts as a deterrent, and so I think it is something that needs to be considered. Even before this incident, we had intensi...

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