Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro is clean­ing house, start­ing with the fir­ing of 17 po­lice of­fi­cers.

The an­nounce­ment by Gue­var­ro that the ap­point­ments of 17 of­fi­cers had been re­voked re­port­ed­ly left the law en­force­ment com­mu­ni­ty reel­ing yes­ter­day.

Ac­knowl­edg­ing the sur­prise the fir­ings would have gen­er­at­ed among the work­force and the pub­lic, Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (DCP) in charge of Ad­min­is­tra­tion, Ju­nior Ben­jamin, said they are part of the thrust to pro­vide an im­proved T&T Po­lice Ser­vice.