A decades-long battle against out-of-control violent crime in Trinidad and Tobago is entering a new phase of action, as the national government breaks ground on 30 permanent joint army-police security posts across the country, a major crime-fighting intervention that has already earned broad public and local business support. On a inspection tour of construction sites on Wednesday, Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander emphasized that protecting public lives is the government’s top priority, stating that no financial cost is too great to reduce preventable deaths and spare families from unnecessary grief.