The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) says its crime-fight­ing op­er­a­tions will con­tin­ue un­in­ter­rupt­ed de­spite the re­moval of a Unit­ed States mil­i­tary radar that sup­port­ed sur­veil­lance ef­forts across the coun­try.

Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Suzette Mar­tin, who is cur­rent­ly over­see­ing op­er­a­tions, down­played the im­pact of the de­par­ture. While ac­knowl­edg­ing the sys­tem’s past util­i­ty, Mar­tin sig­nalled a re­turn to tra­di­tion­al polic­ing.

“While the sys­tem had pro­vid­ed use­ful sup­port in cer­tain op­er­a­tions, in­clud­ing ef­forts aimed at in­ter­cept­ing il­lic­it ac­tiv­i­ties, the TTPS con­tin­ues to re­ly on a range of in­tel­li­gence-led and col­lab­o­ra­tive strate­gies to ef­fec­tive­ly po­lice our bor­ders and ter­ri­to­r­i­al wa­ters.”