Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro has come to the de­fence of of­fi­cers amid what he de­scribes as “bla­tant mis­truths” be­ing cir­cu­lat­ed about their al­leged re­fusal to wear body cam­eras, as well as claims that he has failed to en­force the rel­e­vant reg­u­la­tions with­in the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS).

Re­spond­ing to as­ser­tions by for­mer po­lice com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith that he (Grif­fith) pro­cured 1,200 body cam­eras for the TTPS dur­ing his tenure be­tween Au­gust 2018 and Au­gust 2021, Gue­var­ro chal­lenged Grif­fith to ac­count for con­tracts which he said left the TTPS “mil­lions of dol­lars in debt.”

In an au­dio mes­sage cir­cu­lat­ed yes­ter­day, Gue­var­ro said, “The re­al­i­ty is that there were three body-worn cam­era pro­cure­ments.”