Posted on facebook, from Louis Mussington, president of the Territorial Council of Saint Martin
"I strongly condemn the assault with a gun committed Sunday evening on a tourist on Grand Case boulevard. Fortunately the victim was taken care of and I wish him a speedy recovery. He and his family have all my sympathy and the full support of our institution.
The crime situation has worsened in recent months with increasing number of violent acts. The statistics of the police testify to this and I asked the mayor Vincent BERTON to strengthen the police presence in the public domain of the Collectivité, especially in places with a strong tourist influx such as Grand Case.
Collectivité de Saint-Martin and its territorial police will take their full part in this device by strengthening surveillance patrols on the ground, together with the police. l also asked the Cadre de Vie delegation to accelerate the construction work of the territorial police premises that are to open very soon in Grand Case and Quartier d'Orléans. In 2025, the Collective also plans to rehabilitate the building of the old college of Cul de Sac to make it a place of learning, with workshops for young people, to give them keys and knowledge to easily access the world of work.
Grand Case Tuesdays will soon begin and I wish maximum safety for our tourists and residents throughout the territory. So l've asked the people in charge to put in place a new surveillance system to keep people safe when leaving restaurants, especially in Grand Case. Violent acts such as the one perpetrated on Sunday evening in Grand Case are unacceptable, they do a huge harm to our tourist destination and by a way of harm to our economy. I have absolutely no sympathy or damaging circumstances for those who behave like this and use free violence.
Everything will be done to bring the perpetrators to justice for their actions. St. Maarten is living with tourism and visitors like residents need to feel safe on the Friendly Island. The collective will take care of it with the involvement of the State and the law enforcement, whose primary mission is."
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