Polic­ing has typ­i­cal­ly been con­sid­ered a de­mand­ing and out­right dan­ger­ous job, but more peo­ple are be­ing asked to an­swer the call to serve as the TTPS seeks to grow its ranks over the next five years.

On May 16, Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der an­nounced that the Gov­ern­ment aims to hire 2,316 new po­lice of­fi­cers, rais­ing the man­pow­er strength of the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) to 10,200. Last Wednes­day, the TTPS post­ed a link to an on­line book­let with Fre­quent­ly Asked Ques­tions about the re­cruit­ment process and cri­te­ria on their so­cial me­dia ac­counts.

The de­ci­sion, while tout­ed as en­hanc­ing the op­er­a­tional ef­fec­tive­ness of the TTPS, was crit­i­cised by some, who ques­tioned whether sim­ply hav­ing more po­lice of­fi­cers would be enough to achieve crime-fight­ing goals.