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High Court Judge Frank Seep­er­sad has en­cour­aged cit­i­zens to con­tin­ue to record ques­tion­able con­duct by po­lice of­fi­cers whilst they are on du­ty.

Jus­tice Seep­er­sad made the call yes­ter­day, as he up­held a wrong­ful ar­rest and ma­li­cious pros­e­cu­tion law­suit brought by a T&T Reg­i­ment of­fi­cer, who was charged with as­sault­ing a po­lice of­fi­cer af­ter he at­tempt­ed to record him (the of­fi­cer) with his cell­phone dur­ing a traf­fic stop in 2020.

Seep­er­sad said in the ab­sence of leg­is­la­tion to hold er­rant po­lice of­fi­cers per­son­al­ly ac­count­able for ma­li­cious pros­e­cu­tions, the manda­to­ry use of body cam­eras should be pri­ori­tised.