{"id":171920,"date":"2023-04-06T17:49:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T21:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=171920"},"modified":"2023-04-06T17:50:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T21:50:28","slug":"antigua-and-barbuda-sending-7-police-to-st-lucia-to-fight-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-sending-7-police-to-st-lucia-to-fight-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua and Barbuda sending 7 police officers to St. Lucia to fight crime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seven Police Officers from the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda will join the Regional Security System (RSS) in St. Lucia to help to battle crime.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In March, Prime Minister of St Lucia, Philip J Pierre, has called for help from the Regional Security System, (RSS) and has also implemented 24-hour police patrols among measures in response to deadly gun violence in the southern town of Vieux Fort.<\/p>

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\u201cThe Regional Security System and other assets have been contacted and will be on the ground early next week,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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Since Thursday, seven people have succumbed to gunshot injuries in Vieux Fort.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is time to act, and I ask for your support. There will be some difficult decisions to be made, and some strong actions will be taken to deal with these cowards and criminals,\u201d said Pierre, who is also National Security Minister, in an address to the nation late Saturday.<\/p>

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In announcing other measures to deal with the violent crime spike, he disclosed that on Sunday, he would meet some civil society and business leaders to discuss the current situation and seek solutions to the problems.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, opposition leader Allen Chastanet has voiced confidence in the police amid the incidents in Vieux Fort.<\/p>

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\u201cThis message, really today, is for our police officers to say to you that you certainly have my vote of confidence and that of many Saint Lucians. We are depending on you,\u201d Chastanet stated in a video posted to social media.<\/p>

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\u201cWe appreciate that you are leaving your own homes and your own family members to come and defend us,\u201d the former Prime Minister said.<\/p>\n

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