Over 1,200 frontline police officers are equipped with body-worn cameras, to protect them from allegations of misconduct and abuse, but there seems to be lack of enforcement which compels the officers to switch them on while on duty. This is according to senior officers who said the matter has reached the attention of Commissioner of
A MAN who was granted bail earlier this year, for a 2018 murder, was arrested by Western Division police following a raid at his HDC apartment home on Thursday. During the raid, the police found eight semi-automatic pistols and over 3,200 rounds of assorted ammunition. The discovery was first raised in the public domain by
As part of their efforts to achieve a drop in the murder rate by June, senior police have confirmed that several new crime-fighting strategies would be launched to supplement existing initiatives. Responding to questions during a Joint Select Committee (JSC) sitting at Cabildo Chambers, Port of Spain, on Monday, Police Commissioner Erla Christopher said she
THE National Alliance for Transformation (NTA) has urged that politicians should be distanced from the process of granting firearms user's licences (FULs).
On Friday, the 36 Members of Parliament present unanimously voted to approve the appointment of Erla Harewood-Christopher as the country's first female Commissioner of Police. Ms Harewood-Christopher was the top choice on the Police Service Commission's merit list sent to President Paula-Mae Weekes and brought to Parliament by the Prime Minister. The vote ended a