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The an­nounce­ment that the State of Emer­gency (SoE) will be ex­tend­ed in­to 2026 has been well re­ceived by at least one se­cu­ri­ty ex­pert, who is now ap­peal­ing to the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) to use the time to iden­ti­fy its goals for the next six months, while a sec­ond has as­cribed the SoE a “pass­ing grade.”

The Gov­ern­ment ex­tend­ed the SoE by a fur­ther three months on Fri­day af­ter a de­bate in par­lia­ment. This means T&T will go in­to the Christ­mas and Car­ni­val sea­sons un­der SoE re­stric­tions.

For­mer Na­tion­al Op­er­a­tions Cen­tre (NOC) head Dr Garvin Heer­ah wel­comed the de­ci­sion, but urged key law en­force­ment strate­gists to clear­ly out­line short-, medi­um- and long-term goals for the next cou­ple months. He said these goals could be used by cit­i­zens to, “mea­sure the ef­fi­ca­cy of the SoE and the per­for­mance of the TTPS.”