Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams says there will be an adequate number of police officers on duty during the general election on Monday.
Williams said this during the distribution of textbooks and school supplies to underprivileged children at the Beetham Joint Community Centre yesterday.
Seventeen students from primary and secondary schools were assisted with their textbooks and supplies for the new school term.
The items cost $25,000 and were funded by the Inter-Agency Task Force’s Heart and Mind Foundation.
“The Police Service under the law has a responsibility to have a police presence at all polling stations and we will have full coverage.
“All polling stations will be covered by a police presence and across all communities and there will be mobile patrols running throughout election day,” he said.
Williams said Commonwealth and Caricom observers were briefed and updated on the policing plan and how the Police Service was going to ensure a safe and secure election.
Williams said officers who were out of the country on vacation leave had not been recalled but officers in the country were recalled.
“By way of numbers we have 6,500 officers combined.
“There are 2,199 polling stations and we more than adequately cover all polling stations.
“We have back-up systems if there is any public order requirement in the day or in the night and we put all systems in place to make sure there is a safe election,” he said.
During the event, Williams said Beetham should be re-labelled in a positive way.
He said the centre should be used as a homework centre and the Police Service was dedicated to assisting the young people.