As Trinidad and To­ba­go ap­proach­es the first 72 hours of the State of Emer­gency, Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro says the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) is shift­ing from tra­di­tion­al en­force­ment to a more proac­tive strat­e­gy ground­ed in in­tel­li­gence and covert op­er­a­tions.

“This is not just polic­ing, it’s pre­ci­sion-guid­ed in­ter­ven­tion,” Gue­var­ro said in a mes­sage to the pub­lic to­day. He ex­plained that the TTPS is in­te­grat­ing strate­gic in­tel­li­gence with covert op­er­a­tions to dis­rupt crim­i­nal el­e­ments be­fore they can act.

How­ev­er, he warned that these ef­forts can on­ly suc­ceed through part­ner­ship with the pub­lic.