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| Thursday, 24 February 2011 12:57 | |||
 The Tourist Safety Committee, a community action initiative whose motto is “Zero Tolerance for Crime,” announced this week it began operating its long awaited Closed Circuit Television System in the Grace Bay area. The Tourist Safety Committee was assembled in August as an initiative between the Royal Turks and Caicos Police Force, the governor’s office and members of the Providenciales business community to improve tourist security in the Grace Bay area. One of the first projects they took on was creating a CCTV system for Grace Bay, and now only months later the system is in action. More than 20 cameras are now in operation at undisclosed areas in the tourist-heavy Grace Bay area, with cameras focused on property entries and the main road in Grace Bay. Property owners and the police are now able to monitor activity on a 24-hour basis, and it is expected that additional cameras will be installed in other areas as the program grows. The group also announced that it had “adopted” and repaired two non-operating police vehicles and assumed responsibility for repairs to the old ambulance that was being used prior to the two new units that recently arrived. Members of the group volunteered efforts in inspecting these vehicles, purchasing needed parts and performing the necessary repairs though local private sector companies. Finally, the group has now chosen the Police Station as its next project, seeking to assist in the move of the police from the existing facility on Old Airport Road to its anticipated new location in the old Myrtle Rigby Hospital building. The group has offered its volunteer assistance to the government and police through donating skilled project managers, quantity surveyors, labor and general guidance where needed. With such an effort, it is the group’s hope that government will accelerate this project, and the initiative could be completed sooner and for less cost than would be anticipated. “The Turks and Caicos enjoys a reputation as having the lowest crime rate in the entire Caribbean, and our tourists visit us over and over because they feel safe,” said committee member Ken Patterson, managing director of Seven Stars. “In this difficult economic climate, we are extremely fortunate and one of the few Caribbean islands who are seeing tourism growth and new airlift,” Patterson said. “This is a unique competitive advantage for us. Our goal as a committee is to ensure this remains so for the long term and that our guests feel safe each and every time they visit us.”
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