Es­tate po­lice of­fi­cers and pri­vate se­cu­ri­ty firms say they are hope­ful but hes­i­tant that se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cers would be made a pri­or­i­ty if the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) forms the next gov­ern­ment.

They were re­spond­ing to Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s pledge of $1 mil­lion in com­pen­sa­tion for the fam­i­lies of se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cers killed on du­ty once she wins the gen­er­al elec­tion.

Some se­cu­ri­ty firms said they were re­luc­tant to be­lieve Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s promise since politi­cians have made sim­i­lar promis­es in the past.