The TTPS is renewing its call to citizens to adhere to the Emergency Powers and Public Health Regulations and welcomes information on possible breaches, following the arrest of nine more people over the past 24 hours for breaching the curfew stipulated under the current Emergency Powers Regulations.
According to the latest COVID Regulations enforcement update from the Police Service, this newest group of nine arrested persons has moved the total number of arrests for this offence to 1,170 persons, since the State of Emergency was activated in May.
However, no one was arrested for breach of the Public Health Regulations over the past 24 hours, so the total number of arrests for this offence still stands at 1,296.
In its report for today, Wednesday 4 August 2021, the TTPS also notes that another 24 persons were issued tickets for failing to wear their face mask properly (or at all), moving the total number of tickets issued under this regulation to 15,011.
The arrests would have been the outcomes of multiple patrols and other operations the Police Service carried out across the country over the past 24 hours—some 425 patrols and 36 roadblocks in all, during that period.
Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on the TTPS.
Some 296 police officers are in quarantine at present, while the total number of those who have tested positive for COVID-19 now stands at 92 police officers.
