Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der yes­ter­day ad­vised ex­ec­u­tive mem­bers of the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) that they were free to “walk away” at any time, if they felt un­able to work with the man in charge and serve as the job de­mands.

He hint­ed at ten­sions among the hi­er­ar­chy as he said, “You can­not go for­ward in an in­sti­tu­tion where you are fight­ing each oth­er. You are not lov­ing each oth­er. You are not sup­port­ing each oth­er.”

The sur­prise warn­ing dur­ing yes­ter­day’s Pass­ing Out Pa­rade at the Po­lice Acad­e­my, St James—left of­fi­cers whis­per­ing while un­easy glances were ex­changed.