What is ‘Other’? Inside TTPS’ homicide classifications Pt1

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Elizabeth GonzalesJournalist at Guardian

August 16, 2026

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What is ‘Other’? Inside TTPS’ homicide classifications Pt1

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Every year, Trinidad and Tobago measures its battle against violent crime using a single number: murders.

But the country’s most important crime statistic depends on a classification decision the public never sees.

This Guardian Media two-part investigation is not about counting the dead. It is about understanding which drawer each death is placed in—and who or what mechanism decides which death makes it to the final yearly murder toll.

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