States of emergency and the Caribbean’s development challenge

States of emergency and the Caribbean’s development challenge

The conditions that shape safety are also connected to livelihoods and public confidence in institutionsOriginally published on Global VoicesThe logo of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), taken at the TTPS building on Duke Street in Port of Spain. Photo by Mark Morgan on Flickr (CC BY 2.0). When a state of emergency was declared in Trinidad and Tobago, public discussion understandably centred on safety. The immediate questions were f…