Former police commissioner Gary Griffith has backed Justice Frank Seepersad's recent call for legal reforms to ensure police officers who make unlawful arrests are disciplined and personally held accountable.

A Facebook post from Griffith on January 22 agreed that there must be consequences for police when they act negligently, incompetently, or maliciously.

"It is a position I have maintained for years, but that position must be properly understood, because it should not apply to officers who make honest judgment calls in the lawful execution of their duties," he said.