The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice has de­nied au­thor­ship of doc­u­ments cir­cu­lat­ing on­line that claim to out­line zone pri­ori­ti­sa­tion for polic­ing and in­tel­li­gence op­er­a­tions. It said the ma­te­r­i­al did not orig­i­nate from the Po­lice Ser­vice and was not ap­proved or dis­trib­uted through any of­fi­cial chan­nel.

“The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice cat­e­gor­i­cal­ly states that these doc­u­ments were not cre­at­ed, sanc­tioned, or dis­sem­i­nat­ed by the or­gan­i­sa­tion, nor are we aware of their ori­gin,” the state­ment said.

In a me­dia re­lease, the Po­lice Ser­vice ad­dressed re­ports and so­cial me­dia posts that have shared the doc­u­ments, stat­ing that the in­for­ma­tion does not re­flect in­ter­nal pol­i­cy or op­er­a­tional plan­ning. The or­gan­i­sa­tion said it be­came aware of the cir­cu­la­tion through pub­lic and me­dia at­ten­tion.