Special Operations training to involve local, foreign facilitators

Train­ing for the roll­out of the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act will in­volve both lo­cal and for­eign fa­cil­i­ta­tors as the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) pre­pares of­fi­cers to en­force the law.

DCP Ad­min­is­tra­tion Ju­nior Ben­jamin con­firmed this to Guardian Me­dia last week.

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On Oc­to­ber 9, the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice, in re­sponse to ques­tions, said po­lice of­fi­cers and sol­diers can­not be de­ployed un­der the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act un­til they are trained in hu­man rights, the use of force and con­flict de-es­ca­la­tion.