CAUGHT IN CROSSFIRE

Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro has de­fend­ed his de­ci­sion to use of the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act in Mal­oney, say­ing in­tel­li­gence re­ports point­ing to es­ca­lat­ing gang vi­o­lence left him with lit­tle choice but to act.

Speak­ing at a me­dia brief­ing at the Po­lice Ad­min­is­tra­tion Build­ing in Port-of-Spain yes­ter­day, Gue­var­ro said he would make no apol­o­gy for us­ing the leg­is­la­tion to pro­tect res­i­dents and pre­vent fur­ther blood­shed.

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The Pres­i­dent in­voked Sec­tion 11(1) of the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act on Tues­day, de­clar­ing the Mal­oney Build­ings Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment a closed area. The de­c­la­ra­tion was pub­lished in Le­gal No­tice 847 of 2026, while Le­gal No­tice 848 im­posed a night­ly cur­few from 9 pm to 5 am.