“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin. We can ignore what we faced on 8 June in the Queen’s Park Savannah or face it and propose to change it. Late that evening, a video surfaced of a police …
Read More »TTPS probe ‘cap snatching’ incident at TTBLM protest and will consider charges
“An investigation has been launched into an incident at the Queen’s Park Savannah last Monday in which the cap of a police officer was snatched by a civilian. “A formal report was made by the police officer, who is attached to the Municipal Police Department…” The following statement related to …
Read More »Demming: #TTBLM protesters suggest bright future for T&T, but TTPS was provocative
When the crowd took a knee and held it in silence for nine minutes, I knew I was amidst a sea of young persons who were sending a message that the time for change is now. The #ttblm movement gathered peacefully in the Queen’s Park Savannah, chanted and spoke their …
Read More »Daly Bread: T&T’s underlying system and its marginalising of black lives
Like citizens all over the world, I am following current events in the United States. I am sickened that persons there can take a black life without a second thought or one iota of internal moral restraint. What adds to the revulsion in the George Floyd killing is how disregard …
Read More »Protesting Dissonance: “While race is certainly a factor, class is the true divider here…”
The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has investigated 150 fatal police shooting incidents resulting in 258 deaths from 2011 to March 2019. According to their statistics, the average annual number of police killings between 2013 and 2019 works out to about 34 deaths per year. Across the same time period in …
Read More »We spent ‘countless hours’ at side of injured officer, TTPSSWA responds to Griffith
“Due to respect for the officer’s privacy and sensitivity to the nature of such an incident, the association took the initial stance of not publicising the immediate efforts, support and assistance rendered to the officer who is not a member of the association. “[…] The executive would continue to advocate …
Read More »TTPS honours Kevon Neptune for rescuing injured officer, Griffith blasts TTPSSWA
Trinidad and Tobago Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith honoured a civilian, Kevon Neptune, today for his ‘selfless act of kindness’ in rushing to the aid of a police officer after an accident in El Socorro, two months ago. But there was a negative note to the proceedings as Griffith suggested …
Read More »TTPS arrests limers in Samaroo Village, Arima and Wallerfield mini-mart owner
“Officers proceeded to Jacob Hill Road, Wallerfield, Arima, around 8.45pm, where they observed a group of men standing in front of a mini-mart… The owner of the mini-mart was informed that her business was required to close at 6.00pm and they entered the premises on suspicion that she was selling …
Read More »TTPS arrests 10 persons for sea bath in Cocorite; suspects face six months imprisonment
“Ten persons were arrested this afternoon for breaching the Public Health Ordinance Regulations when they were found bathing in the waters off Bayside Towers in Cocorite. “[…] They were immediately arrested and taken to the Four Roads Police Station where they are being processed.” The following press statement was issued …
Read More »TTPS: Food vendors must ensure physical distancing by customers or they’ll be shut down
“All food vendors, be it in constructed establishments or road side vending, are asked to ensure that their customers awaiting take away deliveries must adhere to the mandatory distance from fellow customers of at least six feet. “It is the responsibility of the relevant food vendor to ensure that this …
Read More »Rowley: Trinidad is not a real place; Griffith: TTPS ‘doesn’t operate on emotion’—Cambridge Analytica probe called off
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley appeared to respond with sarcasm as Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith declared today that the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has closed investigations into the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Cambridge Analytica, a controversial now bankrupt British consultancy firm, were accused—by former employee turned whistleblower, Christopher …
Read More »St Christopher’s doubles gets green light, Griffith apologises for police intervention
The following press statement on police action against ‘The Original Fat Boy Doubles’ sold at the St Christopher’s Service Station and Massy Stores lunches was issued today by the Corporate Communications Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS): Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith, has offered an apology on …
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