The T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) is mourn­ing the loss of one of its of­fi­cers fol­low­ing an in­ci­dent at the San­gre Grande Po­lice Sta­tion yes­ter­day.

The of­fi­cer, PC Yoha­nis Joseph, died af­ter self-harm­ing at the sta­tion around 2.30 pm, short­ly af­ter re­port­ing for du­ty and col­lect­ing his ser­vice-is­sued firearm.

Po­lice said that an­oth­er of­fi­cer as­signed to the In­ter-Agency Task Force (IATF), who was al­so on du­ty at the sta­tion, sus­tained an in­jury to his foot dur­ing the in­ci­dent and was tak­en for med­ical treat­ment.