With Car­ni­val par­ties now in high gear, the Po­lice Ser­vice says it is ramp­ing up its op­er­a­tions around the coun­try to en­sure a safe sea­son and that it will be pay­ing par­tic­u­lar at­ten­tion to the is­sue of dri­ving un­der the in­flu­ence.

Me­dia Am­bas­sador for the TTPS, ASP Owie Rus­sell, is urg­ing rev­ellers to take all the nec­es­sary pre­cau­tions to en­sure their own safe­ty, and that of oth­ers, while they tra­verse the na­tion’s high­ways and by­ways.

“This is not the time to throw cau­tion to the wind.  Be care­ful of how you dri­ve,” he ad­mon­ish­es.  “We want to en­cour­age per­sons to get enough rest be­tween events be­cause sleep de­pri­va­tion can con­tribute to ac­ci­dents.”

The TTPS Me­dia Am­bas­sador warns the pub­lic to ex­pect DUI road­blocks to con­tin­ue and stressed that man­ag­ing one’s al­co­hol in­take and hav­ing a des­ig­nat­ed dri­ver is crit­i­cal.

“A des­ig­nat­ed dri­ver should not be the per­son that drinks the least,” he stat­ed.  “They should be the per­son that is not drink­ing at all.”

ASP Rus­sell told Guardian Me­dia the TTPS in­tends to have a high vis­i­bil­i­ty dur­ing Car­ni­val 2025, with a view to en­sur­ing that both cit­i­zens and vis­i­tors can feel safe as they en­joy the fes­tiv­i­ties.