ATTORNEY General John Jeremie described the events surrounding the arrest of former commissioner of police Erla Harewood-Christopher as "shocking," at a post-cabinet briefing chaired by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the Red House, Port of Spain on Thursday May 15.

Persad-Bissessar herself said the government had acted lawfully throughout the entire episode. In her round-up of Cabinet's recent activities, the PM said they had agreed to buy out Harewood-Christopher's remaining vacation leave which a recent statement by the Ministry of Homeland Security had said was 66 days.

Jeremie could not state a dollars and cents amount of what it would cost to buy out the former CoP's leave which he said covered 66-70 days.