Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Ju­nior Ben­jamin says 3,500 new bul­let­proof vests for of­fi­cers are en route to Trinidad and To­ba­go and are ex­pect­ed to ar­rive by mid-Ju­ly.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia on Sat­ur­day, Ben­jamin con­firmed that the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) had pur­chased the body ar­mour last year. He said the de­lay in de­liv­ery was due to ef­forts to se­cure high-qual­i­ty equip­ment with the lat­est man­u­fac­tur­ing dates, to en­sure of­fi­cers ben­e­fit from the longest pos­si­ble shelf life.

“We didn’t want to just buy what was al­ready there,” he ex­plained. “We want­ed to en­sure the of­fi­cers could get the longest pos­si­ble time out of these vests, so we went for those that came hot off the man­u­fac­tur­ing line.”