More protection is coming for maxi taxis following this week’s highly publicised video of a robbery on the Priority Bus Route.
The Minister of Homeland Security, Roger Alexander, told Parliament on Friday that his Ministry met with the Maxi Taxi Association on Thursday to discuss a way forward.
He said the first assessment was that the Transit Police Unit was severely understaffed.
“The unit is short by sixty men. Sixty men when the sanctioned strength is over 120, so now, Mr. Speaker, we have installed also a Superintendent, Directors, and we have begun the reconstruction of the transit police.”