13,000 charges laid across all SoEs since Dec 2024

A to­tal of 13,317 crim­i­nal charges were laid against 8,067 peo­ple dur­ing three states of emer­gency in Trinidad and To­ba­go be­tween De­cem­ber 2024 and Sep­tem­ber 2026.

The fig­ures were re­leased by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) in re­sponse to a Free­dom of In­for­ma­tion Act re­quest sub­mit­ted on be­half of Vishal Per­sad.

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In a let­ter dat­ed Oc­to­ber 9, 2026, the TTPS Le­gal Unit pro­vid­ed a break­down of the num­ber of peo­ple ar­rest­ed and charged, along with the num­ber of charges laid dur­ing each emer­gency.