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Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice So­cial and Wel­fare As­so­ci­a­tion (TTPSS­WA) vice pres­i­dent, act­ing ASP Ish­mael Pitt, is wel­com­ing the new ship­ment of 3,500 bul­let­proof vests for of­fi­cers, but says much more of them are need­ed.

“It would have been bet­ter if they were here al­ready. The safe­ty of our of­fi­cers is para­mount be­cause we are ask­ing them to go out dai­ly to con­front crim­i­nal el­e­ments and man­age crime,” Pitt said.

“As a mat­ter of pri­or­i­ty, we must en­sure they have per­son­al pro­tec­tive equip­ment.”