00:00The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service has announced via press release that the appointments of 17 police officers have been
00:07revoked by the Commission of Police.
00:08In a public notice, the TTPS identified the officers as Tamara Boyce, Vijay Singh, Elliot Chin, Joanne Jadu, Owen Hemley,
00:18Jalan Holder, Kizzy Thomas, Colin Murray, Christopher Gobin, Michael Alcala, Carlos Thorne, Devin Basant, Akeel Smith, Desron Dillon, Sean Reid,
00:29Joff Awong and Daryl Baksh.
00:31The police service said the notice was issued for public information and record in accordance with the administrative directions of
00:39the Commission of Police but provided no explanation for the revocations.
00:43However, court records and previous police investigations show that several of the officers named have been charged with criminal offenses
00:51over the past several years.
00:52In 2019, woman police constable Tamara Boyce pleaded guilty in Jamaica to possession of cocaine with intent to traffic.
01:00She was fined $300,000 Jamaican dollars or faced one year in prison.
01:06Woman police constable Joanne Jadu was among officers charged in connection with the alleged sale of a crashed vehicle from
01:12the compound of the Chaguanus Police Station.
01:16Officers Kizzy Thomas and Jalan Holder were charged with fraud after they were accused of accepting money to fast-track
01:22Housing Development Corporation applications.
01:24Police constable Colin Murray was among three officers charged with misbehavior in public office following allegations that officers dressed in
01:33black clothing and masks entered a Valsane home,
01:37assaulted a man and allegedly stole $40,000 in cash and cellular phones valued at approximately $14,000.
01:45Special Police Officer Christopher Gobin and Police Constable Carlos Thorne were each granted $150,000 bail after being charged with
01:55allegedly stealing power tools valued at $14,000 from a recovered stolen vehicle.
02:01Police Constable Michael Alcala also faced allegations that he assisted in the kidnapping and assault of a woman in Enterprise
02:09Chaguanus in an incident reported in May 2025.
02:12The TTPS has not indicated whether the revocations are connected to these matters, nor has it stated whether any of
02:21the officers have exercised or intend to exercise rights of appeal.
02:25TV6 has contacted the Police Commissioner for clarification on the basis of the Commissioner's decision and is awaiting a response.
02:33Efforts to also contact the Police Service Social and Welfare Association for comment proved futile.
02:40Urvashi Tawari Ruknarain, TV6 News.
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