MINISTER of Homeland Security Roger Alexander has disclosed that the 30 joint army-police posts will be bulletproof, fully equipped 'mini-police stations' which will be rolled out across the country within days.Responding to questions from the Express yesterday, he said the initiative was not conceived on a whim, but had been in the planning stages for months.He said the units have already been procured and will soon be stationed at locations along major highways and intersections across the country.Alexander explained that the container-style units are equipped with toilets and other amenities to ensure law enforcement officers are secure and have access to facilities they need.He said a vehicle will be _assigned to every site.The first set of units will be deployed along the highways connecting North and South Trinidad.On the issue of manpower, Alexander said teams have already been mobilised under existing contingency plans.He also took issue with the Opposition's criticism of the initiative, saying he was convinced they were simply a bunch of 'headless chickens'.He argued that the PNM had consistently sought to obstruct every Government measure aimed at tackling crime.Alexander said the Opposition had previously objected to the Cops in Schools programme and the 'zones of special operations' legislation.He noted that he had been inundated with messages from citizens praising the Prime Minister for the initiative.Further, he said residents from communities not included in the initial rollout have been contacting him, requesting that joint patrols also be stationed in their areas.Alexander maintained that while the Opposition continues to demand a crime plan, the Government has instead implemented a holistic anti-crime strategy that tackles criminal activity on multiple fronts.He emphasised that increasing the number of officers on the ground was only one component of the solution, reiterating the need for intervention programmes at the community level.He said only the PNM and their social media 'trolls' had objections to this initiative.Alexander also fielded questions from the media on the initiative during a meeting with the coordinator and teams of the National Programme for the Upkeep of Public Spaces at the St John's Community Centre in Tunapuna yesterday.He said the plan forms part of a broader strategy aimed at preventing crime and maintaining recent security gains.The Government's approach is focused on crime prevention rather than reacting after offences have been committed, he said.He said the new security posts are one of several measures intended to increase the visibility of law enforcement officers across the country.'As it relates to our anti-crime plan, this is one of the strategies that we are using to give the public, give areas, constituencies, highways and byways, a sense of safety and security, with the presence and visibility of law enforcement officers anywhere you go, and in strategic locations, just in case a situation arises,' Alexander said.The initiative is intended to build on recent reductions in crime rather than signal the end of enforcement efforts.'It's about increasing what you already have in order to maintain the gains. It's not just that crime is down and you sit back now and relax. It's about giving the public that sense of safety and security that was moved away from them for ten years (during the previous administration), with purpose and intention,' he said.