Suspended police costing State $31m annually
The Police Administrative Building on Sackville Street, Port of Spain
Photo: Jeff K Mayers
National Security Minister Stuart Young said government’s policy is that the Commissioner of Police should act within the ambit of the law when addressing the issue of suspended police officers.
He was responding to a question posed in the Senate by Opposition Senator Wade Mark on Thursday, which asked what action the State was taking to address hundreds of suspended police officers who were costing approximately $50 million annually.
Young said, according to figures from the CoP, 292 police officers of various ranks were on suspension, at an annual cost of $31,526,163.12, not $50 million, as at October 31, 2020.