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ACTING Police Commissioner Junior Benjamin says any decision on regarding an extension to the current state of emergency (SoE) will be made when the substantive CoP returns. Benjamin, however, believes the spike in murders this month is not reason enough alone to extend it.

CoP Allister Guevarro is currently away on official police business representing TT at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) annual conference and exposition in Denver, Colorado. He returns to duty on October 23, and the SoE is so far scheduled to end on October 28.

There have been 299 murders for the year with more than two dozen recorded in the past two weeks despite the ongoing state of emergency.