 Prime Minister and Minister for National Security, Honourable Philip J. Peer, held an audience with a grieved employees and the senior leadership of the Customs and Excise Department following a shooting incident that injured one of its officers on July 11. The meeting allowed the employees to dialogue and express their safety concerns to the Prime Minister. The acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ronald Philip, was also present at the meeting. Because when this is happening, you need to know where the blame comes, when it's happening. What I want to tell you is that we are going to do whatever we can do, whatever is possible we can do to ensure the protection of Customs and Excise. Whatever is possible, we will be able to do it. As for the details, I'm not a security expert so I can't tell you anything about the details. I can assure you that whatever we can do, whatever is possible, is possible to do to ensure security. The Customs and Excise Department employees received the Prime Minister's assurances that his government has initiated the necessary measures and will mobilise the appropriate resources to respond to potential threats to their safety. There is no solution but to say that you can give the government to make sure it's not given to us. So what I'm saying is that we can do whatever we can do for you. I'm sure you can do whatever the government can do to ensure it's not given to us. I can give you that assurance. As for the details, we have to do that. In a statement issued on July 12th, the Customs and Excise Department expressed its zero tolerance for, quote, any threat, harm or attempt to harm its officers, end quote. The Royal St. Lucia Police Force has launched an investigation into the shooting incident.