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THE TTPS has received a boost of $119,117,400 in supplementary allocations – among the largest increases granted – during the June 16 Standing Finance Committee (SFC) sitting in Parliament, as government moved to address what it said were urgent operational shortfalls across sectors, ahead of the mid-year budget review.

The increase, part of a wider $3.14 billion supplementation package approved for 28 heads of expenditure, includes provisions for fuel, new police vehicles, recruitment and equipment – among them a $25 million allocation to complete the rollout of nearly 4,000 Huawei body cameras to frontline police officers by year-end.

National Security Minister Roger Alexander, who will soon assume leadership of the restructured Ministry of Homeland Security, delivered an introduction for the expenditure.