"Averaging $4 billion spent on a yearly basis and (the PNM Administration) could not have dealt with the criminal activity and we now as the PP Government have to work assiduously and smart to be able to deal with what we have inherited...
"They brought in the Scotland Yard officers and during the time they remained here, almost $100 million was spent on their presence in Trinidad.
"They brought in the Scotland Yard officers and during the time they remained here, almost $100 million was spent on their presence in Trinidad.
"You know what is ironic? They contributed very little in the detection of crime. Most of the work was done by our own local police and here it is the member of Diego Martin West was questioning that this Government brought in a foreign Commissioner of Police costing $1million.
"But you brought in more than 50 FBI officers costing this country more than $100 million and made no significant impact on the crime situation."
Dr Tim Gopeesingh | MP Caroni East; Minister of Education
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