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  • 1 year ago
Former member of the Police Service Commission, Martin George, has described the matter where a police prosecutor failed to show up leading to seven officers being freed of extortion charges as a scandal and a failure in policing.
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00:00A member of the Police Service Commission, Martin George, has described the matter where a police prosecutor failed to show up,
00:06leading to seven officers being freed of extortion charges as a scandal and a failure in policing.
00:17This is a scandal for the police service because, first of all, to even have a situation where,
00:24if you recall, initially there were nine officers who were investigated. Of the nine,
00:29they charged seven. And you have the matter going through the court system and then now
00:36going to be dismissed by the presiding judicial officer on the basis that the police did not do
00:44what they were supposed to do. Repeated deadlines were missed, you know, evidence was not put forth,
00:51witness statements were not put forth, and it seems clearly to be a failure of the police
00:58to police this matter properly. George then turned his attention to the hierarchy of Trinidad and
01:03Tobago Police Service, criticizing them for their silence on the matter so far.
01:10I would have expected by now that you would have seen some statement from the Commissioner of
01:16Police saying, well, look, this is definitely going to be investigated. The officers who
01:22failed to do their duty in this regard will be held accountable, and there ought to be some
01:28sort of sanction. But the thing is, I have seen or heard nothing in that regard from the hierarchy
01:35of the police service, so therefore I am wondering, is it that they consider this to be the norm?
01:41Because this cannot be acceptable for the public of Trinidad and Tobago,
01:45particularly when the matter concerns the issue of extortion.
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