“Flora police station does not have a single vehicle,” DNA member Ivanildo Plein said on Tuesday in parliament during his remarks on security.
Plein noted that crime has recently been taking increasingly serious forms, causing the sense of security to decline. He cited several criminal incidents that have taken place in recent days. “Motorists are being rammed and shot at, people are being robbed, and recently shots were even fired at a police inspector.”
The NPS member asked Minister of Justice and Security Harish Monorath to pay more attention to combating crime. “Crime must decrease sharply and the sense of security must return.” He advocated greater visibility and adequate action by the police. According to him, every police station should have at least one vehicle, but this is not the case at Flora police station. “Flora police station does not even have one vehicle,” the member said.
Minister Monorath previously stated that he is experiencing problems with the vehicle fleet of the Korps Politie Suriname (KPS, Suriname Police Force). According to him, pick-ups of a certain model purchased during the previous government keep overheating and breaking down. The minister stated that the vehicles have good bodywork, but are very weak mechanically. According to Monorath, around sixty to eighty of these vehicles are no longer drivable.
