TTPS trains senior officers ahead of Special Operations Act rollout

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has be­gun train­ing of­fi­cers who will take part in op­er­a­tions un­der the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act, as well as those who will lead teams when the act comes in­to ef­fect.

The first co­hort of 41 First Di­vi­sion of­fi­cers, from the rank of su­per­in­ten­dent to deputy com­mis­sion­er of po­lice, is cur­rent­ly train­ing at the Po­lice Acad­e­my in St James. A sec­ond co­hort of 42 of­fi­cers will train from No­vem­ber 2 to 4.

Head of the TTPS Le­gal Unit, ASP Ram­dath Phillip, con­firmed the train­ing dur­ing a me­dia brief­ing at the Po­lice Ad­min­is­tra­tion Build­ing in Port-of-Spain yes­ter­day.