Trinidad Crime & Security brings together TriniLulz coverage on murder trends, policing, gang violence, public safety, national security, justice issues, and the wider crime situation in Trinidad and Tobago. From rolling dashboards and State of Emergency coverage to plain-English explainers and sharp analysis, this hub tracks one of the country’s most urgent ongoing stories.
Latest Coverage
Special Operations Bill: Everything You Need to Know About Your Rights and the 16–15 Vote
Could you need a permit to leave your own community? We explain the Special Operations Bill’s proposed powers, constitutional concerns, safeguards and the 16–15 Senate vote.
CARICOM Youth Crime Committee: Eight Young Voices, but Will Trinidad and Tobago Turn Advice Into Action?
Eight young advisers could help shape regional crime prevention. We examine who gets heard, what the evidence says about youth and violence in T&T, and how advice could become measurable action.
Trinidad State of Emergency: September 17 Is Coming. What Did We Gain?
The Trinidad State of Emergency is scheduled to expire on September 17, 2026. For families with someone in custody, the immediate question is whether that person will come home. For the country, another question deserves an answer: what lasting safety did these extraordinary powers deliver? Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has defended the SOE as successful,…
Dashboards and Data
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MURDER COUNT 2026: Weekly Updated Dashboard
This article is updated every Monday with the previous week’s murder count tally. Total Murders So Far in 2026: 255Murders This Week (Week 36): 6Change From Previous Week:+5Highest Week So Far: 11Lowest Week So Far:1 Week 37 Analysis: What Changed? Week 37 closes with 6 murders, bringing the year-to-date total to 255 across thirty-seven weeks….
State of Emergency Coverage
Special Operations Bill: Everything You Need to Know About Your Rights and the 16–15 Vote
Could you need a permit to leave your own community? We explain the Special Operations Bill’s proposed powers, constitutional concerns, safeguards and the 16–15 Senate vote.
Trinidad State of Emergency: September 17 Is Coming. What Did We Gain?
The Trinidad State of Emergency is scheduled to expire on September 17, 2026. For families with someone in custody, the immediate question is whether that person will come home. For the country, another question deserves an answer: what lasting safety did these extraordinary powers deliver? Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has defended the SOE as successful,…
THE HADEED FILES: FROM BLUE WATERS TO EMERGENCY POWERS
Everything publicly known so far about Dominic and Genevieve Hadeed—their businesses, community service, detention, Preventive Detention Orders, court challenge and the State’s decision to bring in British counsel. UPDATE — JULY 26, 2026: Since this article was first published, Dominic and Genevieve Hadeed have been released from prison after Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander revoked…
Endless State of Emergency. Is T&T Fighting Crime or Getting Comfortable With Emergency Government?
State of Emergency Again? T&T Wants Safety, But at What Price? A State of Emergency is supposed to feel like a fire extinguisher. You break the glass in a crisis. You use it when the flames are spreading. You hope it saves lives. Then you put it back, repair the damage, and make sure the…
Trinidad STATE OF EMERGENCY: Now With Auto-Renew
At 3:50 a.m. on March 3, 2026, Trinidad and Tobago woke up to another proclamation. The Trinidad State of Emergency was back. No countdown. No primetime address. Just a pre-dawn reset button pressed while most citizens were asleep. A State of Emergency is supposed to be extraordinary. It exists for moments when the ordinary machinery…
Trinidad’s State of Emergency Extended for 3 Months— But Are We Still in an Emergency?
The government says the State of Emergency (SoE) is staying on for another three months. The official story is to finish dismantling criminal gangs. But with murders already down 45% and the original prison-based threat neutralized, Trinis are asking: why we still living under lockdown lights? From Prison Plot to National Pause The State of…
Explainers and Analysis
HELP BEFORE HANDCUFFS: T&T’S GOVERNMENT CANNOT PUNISH ITS WAY OUT OF THE TRINIDAD CRIME CRISIS
The Trinidad crime crisis demands a government that acts before children become victims, recruits or suspects. Arrests and punishment cannot substitute for education, counselling and steady support. By the time the handcuffs arrive, someone may already be injured, a family traumatised and a young life derailed. Waiting until then is an expensive way to discover…
MORE POLICE. MORE SOEs. BUT TRINIDAD CRIME FIGHT MEANS STOPPING THE NEXT RECRUIT
The murder count has fallen. Police have intensified operations. Trinidad and Tobago has spent much of the last two years under emergency powers. But a sustainable TRINIDAD CRIME FIGHT cannot begin when a young man already has a gun in his hand. It has to begin years earlier—at home, in school, in the community and…
The Real Cost of Crime in Trinidad and Tobago: The Fear Tax Every Family Is Paying
The Real Cost of Crime in Trinidad and Tobago Is Not Just the Murder Count The cost of crime in Trinidad and Tobago is not only measured in police reports, murder statistics, court files, or press conferences. It is measured in the mother waiting by the phone until her child reaches home. It is measured…
Baltimore Crime Plan Cut Murders by Nearly 60% Can Trinidad Utilise This Model
The Baltimore crime plan did something Trinidad and Tobago should be studying very carefully. Not because Baltimore is perfect. Not because America has suddenly solved crime. And definitely not because Trinidad can simply copy and paste a foreign policy and expect Laventille, Belmont, Morvant, Enterprise, Sea Lots, Maloney, Carapo, La Horquetta, Beetham and Diego Martin…
Why Is Trinidad and Tobago Crime So Hard to Fix? The Brutal Truth Nobody Wants to Say
Why Trinidad and Tobago Crime Feels Impossible to Fix Every few years, Trinidad and Tobago is told the same thing: the police have a plan, the army is ready, the Government is serious, the criminals must be afraid, and “this time” things will be different. Then another family is shattered. Another community is locked down….
Why Crime News Dominates Trinidad and Tobago — And What That Says About the Country
In Trinidad and Tobago, Crime News is not just a section of the paper anymore. It is the national weather report, the morning roll call, the background music to breakfast, and the dark little drumbeat behind almost every conversation. Before people even finish brushing their teeth, they checking who get kill, where it happen, whether…
