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A High Court Judge has raised con­cerns over a Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) pol­i­cy of pro­mot­ing of­fi­cers while they are sus­pend­ed for be­ing ac­cused of com­mit­ting crim­i­nal of­fences.

Jus­tice Frank Seep­er­sad high­light­ed the pol­i­cy yes­ter­day as he was called up­on to de­ter­mine a law­suit from a cor­po­ral, who claimed he was by­passed for pro­mo­tion while on sus­pen­sion with a group of col­leagues for al­leged­ly set­ting a de­tainee on fire.

Jus­tice Seep­er­sad de­clined to rule on the case as he not­ed that Cpl Roger Reid was retroac­tive­ly pro­mot­ed while the case was await­ing de­ter­mi­na­tion.