INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES have raised red flags against a man employed by Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander as a key member of his personal team.

The man has been seen at the Ministry of Homeland Security in sensitive areas and was also photographed at the President’s House, purportedly posing as a security officer, during the official swearing-in ceremony of government ministers on May 3.

But Alexander, a former senior superintendent of police who chucked his job in March to contest a key marginal seat of Tunapuna for the UNC, shrugged off questions relating to his decision to hire the San Juan resident, when questioned by Newsday on July 30. The “security officer” is the brother of a police sergeant who was previously assigned to the North Eastern Division Task Force under the command of Alexander.