TTPS welcomes budget increase

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has wel­comed the sub­stan­tial in­crease in fund­ing al­lo­cat­ed for fis­cal 2027 and says it is pre­pared to be­gin im­ple­ment­ing key projects as soon as the funds be­come avail­able.

Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (DCP) Ju­nior Ben­jamin said yes­ter­day that ro­bust over­sight mech­a­nisms are al­ready in place to en­sure the ad­di­tion­al fund­ing is spent as in­tend­ed and not mis­ap­pro­pri­at­ed.

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Ac­knowl­edg­ing the re­spon­si­bil­i­ty that comes with the in­crease, Ben­jamin said, “To whom much is giv­en, much is re­quired.”