Akash Sama­roo

The Per­ma­nent Sec­re­tary in the Min­istry of Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment and Rur­al De­vel­op­ment says the rec­om­men­da­tion to place the head of the Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Ser­vice on ad­min­is­tra­tive leave came from a se­nior po­lice of­fi­cer, not from any po­lit­i­cal di­rec­tive.

Al­though the Trinidad and To­ba­go Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Ser­vice (TTMPS) forms part of the broad­er na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty frame­work, it falls un­der the re­mit of the Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Min­istry. As such, its head, As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Sur­ren­dra Sagram­s­ingh, re­ports di­rect­ly to Per­ma­nent Sec­re­tary Pe­ter Mitchell.