With this year’s cruise season projected to break records, Castries Central MP Richard Frederick has announced a sweeping package of security measures designed to protect visitors and residents alike.
At a press briefing, Frederick said the city will see increased police presence on peak cruise days. He also revealed the rollout of 200 new surveillance cameras, which will be donated to local businesses and integrated into citywide monitoring efforts. Installation is already underway and is expected to be completed by next week.
“The cameras are already with us. It is something I said I wanted done to ensure security in the city,” he explained. “The sad thing is, you may ask business owners to put cameras, they may want to do it for their personal security, but it’s a different thing when it is done for the security of the city. And so we are going to donate the cameras. We will stand alongside them in their installation.”
Frederick stressed that the initiative sends a strong warning to criminals.
“We will have access to whatever that camera picks up to ensure that those perpetrators, those persons who believe that life is better in the crime vein, we will send a strong message to them that our degree of tolerance is running out very, very quickly.”
The measures are expected to reassure both cruise operators and visitors, bolstering Castries’ reputation as a safe and welcoming destination during what is shaping up to be a record-breaking tourism season.
