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Body armour before body-worn cameras for police officers.

This was the response of Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander when questioned about woeful lack of resources for police officers.

In an interview following the post Cabinet press briefing at the Red House on May 29, Alexander, a career police officer who chucked his job to contest the marginal seat of Tunapuna in the April 28 general election, admitted that the police service lacked enough resources, including functional vehicles.