With traffic deaths increasing “Lawlessness” on roadways will not be tolerated – Top Cop warns

Brutus and Deputy Commissioner ‘Operations’ Ravindradat Budhram summoned a meeting with all of the Police Force’s regional Traffic officers, including the Traffic Chief, to set the pace and iron out issues that are hampering the effectiveness of the Traffic Departments countrywide.

With errant drivers being blamed for fatal accidents, acting Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken has warned that the prevailing “traffic lawlessness” would not be allowed to continue.

He has also upbraided Traffic ranks for their lapses and underperformance in executing their duties, warning that “there will be consequences for those who are underperforming”.

Last Friday, the Top Cop along with Deputy Commissioner of Police ‘Administration’ Calvin

The meeting, which was held in the Top Cop’s Conference Room at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown, comes on the heels of the recent increase in fatal accidents, wherein as of the past two months, 15 road deaths have been recorded thus far for 2023.

There has been a slight increase in the number of deaths.

Moving forward, Hicken passed instructions to improve traffic management across the country. These include: Traffic ranks must be stretched along the road corridors in order to slow down vehicles as a preventative method to curb speeding; enforcement of traffic laws must be done by day and by night; stopping motorists and asking for documents must be ceased unless the operation is being supervised by an officer or an inspector and Traffic Police ranks should not be seen talking on their mobile phones while directing traffic.

Along these lines, the acting Police Commissioner encouraged the Police officers to use the Force’s resourc-