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Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro says a con­tract for the pro­vi­sion of 3,000 body cam­eras was scrapped due to in­flat­ed costs.

He made the com­ment dur­ing a me­dia brief­ing at the Po­lice Ad­min­is­tra­tion Build­ing, Port-of-Spain, on Fri­day, as he ad­dressed the is­sue of the ac­qui­si­tion of body-worn cam­eras and bul­let-proof vests for of­fi­cers.

The can­cel­la­tion of the $24.9 mil­lion con­tract was con­firmed by Min­is­ter of Home­land Af­fairs Roger Alexan­der dur­ing last Fri­day’s Sen­ate sit­ting. Alexan­der said the con­tract, which was award­ed in 2024 for 3,000 body cam­eras, was ter­mi­nat­ed in or­der to save mon­ey.