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NATIONAL Transformation Alliance (NTA) political leader Gary Griffith has promised to establish a new elite crime-fighting unit, ten times the size of the defunct Special Operations Response Team (SORT), if elected to office.

Griffith made the announcement as the NTA closed its campaign on April 26 with a motorcade from Bagatelle, Diego Martin, to the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima, two days ahead of the April 28 general election.

SORT was established during Griffith’s tenure as commissioner of police between 2018 and 2021, and was disbanded in 2022, after allegations of extra-judicial killings.