While he was un­able to give his thoughts on whether he felt the on­go­ing State of Emer­gency (SoE) should have been ex­tend­ed, act­ing pres­i­dent of the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice So­cial Wel­fare As­so­ci­a­tion (TTPSS­WA), ASP Ish­mael Pitt, is urg­ing those in au­thor­i­ty to be mind­ful of the in­creased de­mand and strain placed on po­lice of­fi­cers.

The SoE was de­clared on Ju­ly 18th, two months af­ter the UNC won the gen­er­al elec­tion, fol­low­ing in­tel­li­gence that crim­i­nal net­works from with­in the na­tion’s pris­ons posed a threat to elect­ed of­fi­cials and law en­force­ment.

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar an­nounced yes­ter­day that the Gov­ern­ment would go to Par­lia­ment on Fri­day to ex­tend the State of Emer­gency for an­oth­er six months, un­til May 2026. (See sto­ry above)