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Her statement was in response to a recent report by Assistant Superintendent of the Stolen Vehicles Squad Glen Hackett, which stated that Trincity Mall, in East Trinidad, had become a hot spot for car thefts. Hackett said that of 366 vehicles stolen for the year up to March 14, 113 of them were from the mall's car park. The figure was 435 for the same period last year.
In a release, ATTIC noted the 16 per cent reduction in car thefts for the first three months of this year compared to 2007, but added that the implementation of CCTV cameras, an entry and exit point card system and security guards play an important part in reducing these exposures. Hackett explained that Trincity Mall may be targeted as the new hot spot because there was no infrastructural security measures to stall the offences.
The mall is part of Home Construction Ltd's (HCL) premier malls, together with Long Circular Mall and the Valpark Shopping Complex.
HCL Group corporate communication and marketing manager Lisa Ghany previously told the Express that the company was actively working with the Arouca police on a number of initiatives to curb the mall's crime situation, including guard booths by the end of the month and CCTVs in the next two months. ATTIC noted that apparently there was a "ready market" for stolen vehicles and called on the police authorities to do more patrols, investigate and get involved in order to stop these illegal operations.
Lakhan-Narace, the wife of Health Minister Jerry Narace, noted the shift in car theft patterns to older vehicles, and pointed out that many older vehicles were not insured for theft. She urged car owners and businesses to pay closer attention to the vehicle safety. At the police briefing, Hackett noted that older Nissan models, the B11 and B12, along with the Mazda 323, had surpassed the more recent Nissan Almera as the cars of choice for thieves.
Questioned whether the theft of these types of cars would drive up insurance premiums for these vehicles, Lakhan-Narace said that each insurance company would individually price their products based on how they view their portfolio affected by the theft of these models. Comments: 'Malls, business places must step up security' There are no comments for this article.
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