The Trinidad and Tobago government Wednesday signalled its intention to follow its counterpart administration in Jamaica and introduce
Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs), as the country seeks to take advantage of the reduction in murders and other crimes during a state of emergency (SoE) that is expeted to end at monthend.
Jamaica established ZOSOs under the 2017 Special Security and Community Development Measures Act, to tackle high crime in specific areas through enhanced security and community development and regularly extended by Parliament.
Attorney General John Jeremie, speaking at a news conference said the Kamla Persad-Bissessar administration intends to advance the ZOSO legislation, designed to target crime ‘hot spots’ without resorting to a SoE, which he acknowledged had ‘yielded tangible benefits.