Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar responded in a social media post on Sunday:

I have been advised that the incident which occurred earlier today at the San Fernando City Corporation Municipal Police station on Kings Wharf was not an external attack on the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) or the National State security services.

It was an internal betrayal perpetrated against the Trinidad and Tobago Municipal Police Service (TTMPS) attached to the San Fernando City Corporation. It should be noted that The TTPS is a distinct entity from the TTMPS. TTPS officers were not involved in the incident. The Ministry of Homeland Security and the TTPS will provide full support to TTMPS, San Fernando Mayor Robert Parris and the San Fernando City Corporation to investigate and bring this matter to closure and recover the stolen items.