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It wasn't a topic of discussion at today's police briefing from the Police Top Brass, but 5 persons died in fatal traffic accidents in less than a week.

So, while the media had the opportunity, the Commissioner was asked if he and his commanding officers are taking notice of the spike in traffic fatalities:

Allen Whylie, Commissioner of Police

"What can the department do to perhaps improve traffic safety? Yes in the past we went into schools, we can review that program to go back into schools and the meet and great sessions that the police were about again they can speak to persons in terms of the decision making and the perils of driving and drinking. We can try to increase in terms of our traffic enforcement and the various checkpoints. I'm certain that if they stop vehicles and the people are suspected of driving under the influence, they will call for some assistance to get them tested. Again there might be the need for greater collaboration between the department as well as city traffic for the municipalities as well as national transport in terms of the highways. I do know that there is a traffic safety project that we are cooperating with national transport and we do have officers assigned with them in terms of the 2 highway patrol vehicles that they have. It is an area of concern for me and it is something that I will be looking at in terms of what we can do and I'll definitely be speaking with the commander of operations who's responsible nationwide for the enforcement of traffic as well as our OC traffic to see what we can do to slow it down and ensure that we try to assist with the educational side of it."