Car Thefts in Trinidad & Tobago
The top brass of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service held their weekly media briefing session at Police Headquarters and released some interesting stats on car thefts in T&T. For one, car thefts are up almost 20% from last year. And secondly, the top pick of car thieves nationwide appears to be Nissan (B11, B12, B13…actually the whole range of B vitamins) with a 47% approval rating beating Mitsubishi into second place with 9% and Mazda and Toyota into third and forth with 7% and 11% respectively.
Explaining the motive behind the rise in auto thefts, Acting ASP Glenn Hackett uttered this gem: “…it [is] cheaper to steal the vehicles for parts rather than to import them“. Officer, are you alleging that some people in this world prefer stealing to buying because of…..cost? So what you’re saying is that getting something for free costs LESS than paying? Scandalous!
Thank you Captain Obvious for your valuable insight. Nothing gets past our Police Service anymore.
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| The Trinidad & Tobago Police Service’s new logo |
Meanwhile the Police Service of Trinidad and Tobago has taken care of a problem that has been plaguing them for years. Just when tempers were about to boil over and just before people took to the streets with placards and pitchforks, the TTPS finally got around to changing their logo and their slogan. At last. As far as I am concerned the new logo looks like a cross between Poison and Vegas Showgirl costumes. Is that a feather boa?
The new slogan (the image for which I have so graciously borrowed from The Newsday), is “To Protect and Serve with Pride”. Is the problem with the TTPS really due to a lack of pride or is there way too much of it? How about serving with humility instead? Maybe it’s just the TTPS finally owning up to their bad ways.
Nalis gives a nice little piece of history recounting how the TTPS began using the Star of David as its official symbol, so I’am glad that it wasn’t totally discarded, but I’m not a fan of the new symbol which I will place just above London 2012 Olympics logo (don’t stare at it too long by the way or you’ll get a seizure and then die…at least that’s what I heard). It kind of reminds me of a headless Frosty the Snowman.
By the way I never realized that the logo and the slogan of the TTPS was such a contentious issue among us Trinbagonians that the TTPS had to take such proactive steps to change it. To date I have not heard of a single protest demonstration against the old logo. Neither have I heard of a single protest demonstration against the old slogan.
What I do hear is opposition to police brutality and inaction, and opposition to the hostility of our officers. And while I think it’s great that the TTPS is adopting a transformation initiative drive, the logo and the slogan are merely cosmetic.
While I am on the topic of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, oh gosh, ACP Reyes, agreement of subject and verb brother, subject and verb. And while I am on the topic of subject and verb, Samuel McKnight from CNC3 oh gosh bredda, honestly.
3 Responses to “Car Thefts in Trinidad & Tobago”
By Flippant on Sep 11, 2007 | Reply
I salute the TTPS on their new logo and slogan; it is a clear signal that they are trying to be less homophobic and more accepting of our gay brothers and sisters. The shield and star say “we’re serious about our job” and the feather boa says “we like to party too”. Note the key words in the new slogan “with pride”. You go, police service.
By Afro Chic on Sep 12, 2007 | Reply
AHAHAHAHAHAA…Thanks for my morning laugh Flippant.
Too much going on on that logo man, whatever happened to less is more?
And at least make it look like it was designed in 2007 and not 1987 nah.
By Mani on Sep 12, 2007 | Reply
Oh gosh boy Flippant, lol. Boy, the first thing I thought of when I read the “pride” part was that, but I thought, let me doh go there.
Afro Chic, the logo waaaaaay to busy…it bordering on gaudy.