Castries Mayor Peterson Francis has denounced the current upsurge in violence in the city and vowed to do all within its power to make the city a safer place. The violence has left at least one young man dead and a number of others injured, in what is reported to be ongoing gang rivalry in the Marchand community. Mayor Francis is hoping to have more law enforcement officers on the ground soon, with the recruitment of a new batch of city police officers. The CCC has already interviewed the new batch of city police and will have at least between 45 and 50 new city police. The Mayor said the CCC and police officers alone cannot solve the city’s crime problem. He called on members of the community to play their part in the fight against crime and to stop turning a blind eye to criminal activity happening right under their noses.
