Lighting and general security around the Queen Elizabeth Bridge, concerns about the community’s youth and car racing on Beef Island topped the list of concerns shared by the members of public during last Thursday’s police community meeting at the East End/Long Look Community Centre.

Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force used the meeting to discuss ways to reduce crime with residents living on the eastern end of Tortola.

Many residents shared their hope that Police could assist with getting the cooperation of other Government departments in placing the necessary traffic devices in place to provide security and control car racing.

One resident noted the need for speed bumps and other traffic regulators in Long Swamp to reduce the speed at which some vehicles travel. “Someone is going to get killed because of the speed at which vehicles travel in this area.

I have grandchildren and I want them protected,” she noted.

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“We know that the car racing is taking place on Beef Island and we know that the activity has gained quite a large following, and can be very entertaining. But in the interest of public and participant safety, it cannot continue,” Superintendent Stoutt noted.

Residents also voiced the need for churches within the East End community to “go beyond their walls” and reach out to young people. Earlier that week, officers engaged members of the Anegada public at the Emile Dunlop Community Centre. Members of that community also spoke of the need to reduce the dangers posed by speeding motorists.

Among those in attendance at the committee meetings were Commissioner Reynell Frazer, Acting Superintendent Roy Stoutt, Head of the Crime Prevention Unit Inspector Patrick Harewood and Inspector Headley. The meetings ended with a presentation on the Cadet Corp by Sergeant Rawle Gibbons.

This series of community meetings is part of a community policing initiative by the Eastern and Western Community Policing Division of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force.

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