{"id":245072,"date":"2020-02-22T13:34:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T17:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=245072"},"modified":"2020-02-22T13:34:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T17:34:38","slug":"police-vow-to-do-what-is-necessary-to-ensure-peaceful-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/police-vow-to-do-what-is-necessary-to-ensure-peaceful-carnival\/","title":{"rendered":"Police vow to do &#8216;what is necessary&#8217; to ensure peaceful carnival"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_245075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-245075\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-245075\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Carnival-Street-jump-up-2-2-642x318.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"317\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-245075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A carnival street jump-up scene in Roseau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There is expected to be an increased police presence in the streets on Carnival Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Police Chief, Daniel Carbon said the decision is to ensure the prevention of violence and crime during the two days of celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police will be in full force on both days. We have been having incidents in carnival; two years ago, and before that, we have been experiencing some deaths during carnival street jump up,\u201d he said at a police press conference on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Carbon stated that the general public is entitled to revel and enjoy themselves while parading but the police have a responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will do what is necessary to be done lawfully so, to ensure that the carnival is peaceful [and] people will enjoy themselves in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Police Chief indicated that for the past few years, officers have been putting in place CCTV cameras around the city of Roseau.<\/p>\n<p>He said these cameras will assist in monitoring persons in real-time as carnival progresses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not putting the CCTV to spy on people unlawfully but we have a responsibility to gather our intelligence\u2026we have to take measures to prevent crime and\u2026to detect crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carnival Monday activities are scheduled to begin at 4:00 am and end at 10:00 pm and Tuesday\u2019s parade will begin at 8:00am and end at 10:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Carbon called on the general public to conduct themselves properly on both days and if any crime is seen committed, to report it to the police immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is expected to be an increased police presence in the streets on Carnival Monday and Tuesday. 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