Special Operations rollout hinges on police human rights training, says TTPS

Po­lice and sol­diers can­not be de­ployed un­der the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act un­til they are trained in hu­man rights, the use of force and con­flict de-es­ca­la­tion, rais­ing ques­tions about how soon the new crime-fight­ing pow­ers can be put in­to ef­fect.

The TTPS Cor­po­rate Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Man­ag­er said the ser­vice would not dis­close when op­er­a­tions un­der the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act would take ef­fect, cit­ing se­cu­ri­ty con­cerns, but as­sured that the TTPS would be trans­par­ent and ac­count­able once the op­er­a­tions are im­ple­ment­ed.

In the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion, po­lice of­fi­cers will be­gin work­ing new shifts to­day, Sun­day, as prepa­ra­tions for the roll­out of the op­er­a­tions move apace, a se­nior of­fi­cer said.