So concerned have business leaders in Trinidad and Tobago become regarding the continually unfolding crime spree afflicting the twin-island Republic and its impact on the business community that the country’s business support organizations would appear to have adopted pushing back the targeting of business owners and premises as an absolute priority as the country’s policing resources appear to be seriously challenged in the effort to bring the situation under control. One of the latest crime-stopping recommendations put on the table by a high-profile member of the country’s business community is the recommendation made by President of the Chaguaramas Chamber of Industry and Commerce Baldath Maharaj and published in the Tuesday October 22 edition of the Trinidad Guardian that a state of emergency be implemented in those areas across the country which have become widely identified as crime “hotspots” throughout the country.