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With just over one month to go be­fore the year ends, po­lice-in­volved killings have to­talled 54 in­ci­dents up to No­vem­ber 23.

And while there were 13 few­er vic­tims for 2025 so far, com­pared to 80 from 37 fa­tal po­lice shoot­ings in 2024 and 39 dead­ly in­ci­dents with 46 vic­tims in 2023, the Po­lice Com­plaints Au­thor­i­ty (PCA) con­tin­ues to be con­cerned about the lim­it­ed use of body cam­eras by the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS).

On Mon­day, PCA di­rec­tor David West said, “Since 2014, the Au­thor­i­ty has con­sis­tent­ly em­pha­sised the im­por­tance of body-worn cam­eras as a vi­tal tool to build pub­lic trust, pro­tect both of­fi­cers and cit­i­zens, and strength­en con­fi­dence in polic­ing.”