PM says police deserve every cent of overtime they get

Akash Sama­roo

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has de­fend­ed the near­ly $800 mil­lion paid to po­lice of­fi­cers in over­time over the past two years and eight months, in­sist­ing that mem­bers of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) earned every dol­lar for their ef­forts in com­bat­ing crime.

Re­spond­ing to ques­tions from Guardian Me­dia about the grow­ing over­time bill, Per­sad-Bisses­sar praised of­fi­cers for their ded­i­ca­tion, cred­it­ing their work over the past 18 months with help­ing to re­duce mur­ders and over­all crime.