NATIONAL Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds said under the Firearms (Amendment) Act, 2022, the Commissioner of Prisons can grant permission to an off-duty prisons officer to have a firearm or ammunition if the Commissioner feels the life or safety of the officer is under threat. He said concomitant with this, officers will be issued a Firearm
OPPOSITION Senator Jayanti Lutchmedial and Independent Senator Paul Richards both questioned why the National Security Minister will be given powers to interfere with the issuing of firearm users licenses (FUL), during debate on the Firearms (Amendment) Bill 2022. The bill seeks to grant the Commissioner of Prisons and director of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA)
SEAN DOUGLAS BARATARIA/San Juan MP Saddam Hosein is asking why approved staff at the clandestine Strategic Services Agency (SSA) may be given guns, under the Firearms (Amendment) Bill 2022, but none for special reserve police (SRP) officers who were excluded from a list of protective services members who can be armed. Speaking on the bill
Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds said that last year alone, 88 prison officers reported being threatened by inmates, as he piloted debate on the Firearms (Amendment) Bill 2022, which MPs later passed. He said this legislation was not based on anyone's whim and fancy but rather was necessitated by the unfortunate reality that prison
OPPOSITION Senator Wade Mark said the Government had created an "Orwellian nightmare" in TT by not proclaiming all parts of the Data Protection Act 2011, as he moved a private motion chiding this alleged inaction, in the Senate on Tuesday.