Point Fortin Promises Safe Holiday Shopping

The Borough of Point Fortin is reassuring residents and visitors alike that a combined effort is being made by the TTPS and Municipal Police to guarantee a comfortable shopping experience for the Christmas season and beyond. On Friday, law enforcement officials conducted a walkabout within the business community, hoping to reassure them that they are well protected in all in their endeavours and that the people who traverse the Point Fortin community will be able to shop in comfort. Sergeant Smith of the Point Fortin Police Station noted the busy time of year for citizens. "This is the yuletide season coming November to December, our Christmas period, where we will have an influx of persons shopping and traversing in the Point Fortin district. We take this opportunity to engage them, to create a partnership, a continued partnership with our stakeholders to reinforce and create target hardening. We also create a proper information gathering system where we can be able to respond in a timely manner with our business community, our burgesses." MP for Point Fortin, Kennedy Richards Junior, said this all-stakeholder approach has proven itself before. "I think the first time we would have had this walk through the community would have been about 12 months ago, give or take 11, 12 months ago, and it worked out well that we would have had a very safe Christmas season. We would have had a very safe Carnival here in Point Fortin and it's growing. And so we see the benefits of staying in touch with the burgesses, staying in touch with the business community and we hope that this could now lend to an even greater and successful yuletide season for the business community in Point Fortin." With the new highway to Point Fortin, MP Richards is hoping it will convert to more shoppers this Christmas, noting that while Point Fortin may be lot smaller than the mainstream business hubs, this is what makes it so special. "The highway is there, it's created access to Point Fortin so we hope that they can leave Port of Spain and come down to Point Fortin and shop. We hope that they leave Chaguanas, we hope that they leave Sangre Grande, we hope that they leave San Fernando and come to Point Fortin and shop." Mayor Clyde James went further to make this prediction: "This is going to be one of our best Christmases in a long time and I hope that we all have a wonderful time."