As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (ACP) Wayne Mys­tar says his im­me­di­ate fo­cus as new head of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Ser­vice (TTMPS) will be sta­bil­i­sa­tion, re­build­ing morale and restor­ing pub­lic trust as the ser­vice grap­ples with se­ri­ous in­ter­nal chal­lenges.

Mys­tar was named as a re­place­ment for for­mer TTMPS head Sur­ren­dra Sagram­s­ingh, who was sent on ad­min­is­tra­tive leave last week fol­low­ing the mur­der of WPC Anus­ka Everse­ly and the re­port­ed theft of a cache of arms and am­mu­ni­tion at the San Fer­nan­do Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Sta­tion.

Hours be­fore Ever­s­ley’s fu­ner­al yes­ter­day, three men, in­clud­ing a serv­ing mu­nic­i­pal po­lice of­fi­cer, ap­peared vir­tu­al­ly in court charged with sev­er­al of­fences, in­clud­ing her mur­der. They were re­mand­ed in­to cus­tody.