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ACTING Commissioner of Police (CoP) McDonald Jacob will be on vacation for 35 days, shortly after finalising the appointments of Ramnarine Samaroo and Curt Simon to the ranks of acting DCP. The police announced Jacob's temporary departure in a media release on Wednesday, shortly after a ceremony at the Police Administration Building, Port of Spain,
THE House of Representatives unanimously agreed for the appointment of two individuals to become acting deputy commissioners of police (DCPs) – respectively Ramnarine Samaroo and Curt Simon. However, both sides accused each other of the lengthy process now required to make acting appointments which previously had been described as being done in a routine manner.
Attorneys for ACP Glen Dillon, who has over 40 years of service and who says he is the most senior officer of all seven ACPs, wrote to PSC chairman retired Justice Judith Jones last week asking for reasons for the commission’s decision to omit his name.
Two firearms, ammunition and narcotics were seized during the exercise. According to police reports, during the exercise, several search warrants were executed at the homes of priority offenders. A 42-year-old man and his 42-year-old common-law wife, of Munroe Road, Cunupia, were arrested for possession of a revolver loaded with two rounds of ammunition, a Glock pistol loaded with a magazine containing 13 rounds of ammunition, two spent shells and 40 grammes of cocaine. Officers also arrested a 35-year-old man of Bridal Road, Cunupia, for possession of marijuana, a 57-year-old woman of Oran...
Residents of the Brasso district fear that history will be repeated as its local police station faces repurposing by the TTPS. According to 38-year-old business owner, Sharen Badal-Ahyew, news of the plan struck residents with a familiar sense of panic, many questioning how they would escape a rising criminal presence in the area. A release issued by the TTPS on November 11 indicated that officers stationed at Brasso were to be relocated to the Gran Couva Police Station within two weeks. The former premises are set to be occupied by other agencies within the TTPS in an attempt to adapt to 21s...