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Newly-appointed Police Commissioner Gary Griffith will be under heavy scrutiny from the Arima Business Association (ABA) for at least the next three months.
Speaking to the T&T Guardian yesterday, president Reval Chattergoon, while congratulating the new top cop, he said members of the Association will be monitoring him closely as they are eager to get results.
“Certainly we welcome Mr Griffith. He is like a breath of fresh air and we would be looking on towards to see results and action. The ABA is definitely willing to work with him in any way that we can,” Chattergoon said.
Chattergoon, who also sits on the Arima Police Station’s Council, said he has first-hand information on the deplorable conditions that officers at the station work under and hopes that Griffith intervenes soon.
“Arima has been neglected for far too long and we expect more attention to be given to Arima and environs as crime is high in these parts.”
Chattergoon is also hoping that Griffith takes time to review and approve gun licences for several business people, “whose applications have been ‘gathering cobweb’ on the Commissioner’s desk for far too long.”
The Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GTCIC), led by president Surindra Maharaj, has also come out in full support of Griffith, “in his dynamic endeavours to annihilate the criminal element in our nation.”
Maharaj, who also extended heartiest congratulations and sincere best wishes to Griffith and acknowledged the specific skills and talents that Griffith can offer in the ongoing battle against crime.
“For too long now, our nation’s spirit lay dormant, silenced by the echo of gunfire,” Maharaj said in a statement issued last evening.
Maharaj noted Griffith’s 15 years military service, a military attache to former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday, two years as National Security Minister, not to mention long-standing commercial interests as a defense contractor, portrayed the image of Police Commissioner capable of not only controlling but also eliminating the criminal pest that plagues our land.
President of the Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Vishnu Charran wished Griffth the best of luck and expressed hope in having the current crime situation turned around in T&T.
“We have confidence that he will stand up against the criminals and lawlessness in this country and help bring back the peace in T&T.”
Charran said the chamber eagerly awaits Griffith’s visit to meet with the burgesses of Chaguanas.