Marvin wants answers on bodycams

Opposition MP Marvin Gonzales has called on the Commissioner of Police and the Government to clarify whether standard operating procedure was followed in the establishment of a “closed area” in Maloney, including the use of body cameras by police and Defence Force officers.

Gonzales, the MP for Arouca/Lopinot, questioned the constitutionality of the Government’s actions, stating that data from the Government’s activities must also be available to some independent bodies. He was speaking at a press conference at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition in Port of Spain yesterday.

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Gonzales said there has been no clear explanation by Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro as to whether members of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force and Trinidad and Tobago Police Service were following the law and wearing body cameras during the implementation of a Special Operations Zone in Maloney.