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T&T now on crime Red Alert
sgtdjones
2019-02-13 18:42:03
T&T now on crime Red Alert
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has with immediate effect, raised the policing alert from Amber to Red, as a result of ongoing gang activities and homicides.
In a statement on Wednesday afternoon, Commissioner Griffith said that law abiding citizens may experience some inconvenience due to these intensified operations, however, it is necessary to deal with criminal activity and to maintain law and order across the country.
The Commissioner will host a media briefing tomorrow, at 10a.m. at the Police Administration Building, Port of Spain, to update the nation on the status of the policing operations.
Persons with information pertaining to serious crimes, especially gang activities are asked to text information to the Commissioners hotline 482GARY (4279).
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The Government noted they don't believe in an SOE, it gives the Criminals free reign.
sgtdjones
2019-02-13 18:45:49
Young: Im not afraid of criminals
'No one is above the law'
No one is above the law.
This was the stance taken by Minister of National Security Stuart Young took during a press conference at his ministry on Abercromby Street, Port of Spain, yesterday.
Young, responding to talk that the government was protecting certain criminal elements, told reporters neither he, the ministry nor the government was afraid of any criminal, and the public should not be either.
This administration is not prepared to protect anyone (criminal). I have seen it suggested that we are afraid of certain elements in society.
"I can give you the assurance without fear of contradiction, having had conversations with the chairman of the National Security Council, and on behalf of the National Security Council chairman and myself, we are not intimidated or afraid of anyone. I certainly am not afraid of any criminal in TT. As I told the law enforcement agencies and our men and women in the defence force and security services, I support them fully. Young said.
Do not be afraid of anyone. No one is above the law. No one (criminals) will be protected under my watch. Whoever engages in criminal activity must feel the full brunt of the law against them.
While encouraging the public to support the protective services, and to show the police respect while theydo their job, Young also pointed out that police need to be careful and courteous.
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How long has he been a minister of everything?
So he now sees crime and murders as a problem?
What a useless individual.
sgtdjones
2019-02-13 20:57:23
Griffith leads police exercises in Beetham, Laventille
IN response to a recent spike in gang violence and homicides in the Port of Spain Division, which included a soldier being shot in Laventille on Tuesday night, officers of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) yesterday swooped down on the Beetham and Laventille communities.
The police exercises began around 10 a.m. and were said to be ongoing up to last night.
They were led by Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith and included the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), as well as officers from the Port of Spain Division led by ACP Forde, Snr Supt Daniel and W-Snr Supt Hodge-Griffith.
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Neglected areas by the PNM for over 5 decades.
sgtdjones
2019-02-13 21:00:53
Speak out against crime
People in Trinidad and Tobago have a social responsibility to help in the crime fight by speaking out and confronting bad behaviour, says Minister in the Office of the Attorney General, Fitzgerald Hinds.
The law-abiding, right-thinking people, including parents, teachers, clergy and the media, have to deal directly and confront bad behaviour at its source rather than focus on the peripheral issues after the bad behaviour that very often costs us lives, rape and robbery, he said.
Speaking to the Express by phone on Tuesday, Hinds said people are afraid to come forward with information for good reason as guns are lethal as he noted that this fear has become the norm in society where people are comfortable with the bad behaviour taking place.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-14 09:35:33
They found love, death found them
A Williamsville couple who fought the odds to be together, after finding love in mid-life, were shot dead in the humble home they shared on Corpus Christi day in May 2018.
But what was the motive behind the killing?
Police said nothing was taken from the home of Dipchand Heeralal and his companion, Radha Baldeo. Both were 53.
They were found dead in the living room, shot multiple times about their bodies.
The small wooden house is located down a winding dirt track leading into a parcel of agricultural land. Heeralal had secured his Caroni (1975) Ltd Voluntary Separation of Employment Package (VSEP).
Investigators believe the couple knew their killer as only someone with knowledge of the surroundings would be able to enter their locked house and carry out their execution.
The house, surrounded by overgrown bushes, had no electricity supply.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-14 09:54:05
Griffith: A few punks acting up
A few punks who refer to themselves as gang leaders have been acting up and are instrumental in over 12 homicides recently, Commissioner Gary Griffith told Guardian Media yesterday evening, hours after spearheading an operation in Port-of-Spain which rounded up several people, among them suspected gang leaders.
Police believe two suspected gang leaders detained yesterday might have been responsible for ongoing gang activities and homicides in the Port-of-Spain area.
Making direct reference to a release in which a Red Alert state of security was announced, Griffith said, So the alert state is to turn up the heat on these characters and their blind minions who foolishly commit a serious crime whilst their boss hides in the sanctuary of their home and put their lives at risk. There is no more beefing up security, TTPS does not work in an abattoir.
Asked to clarify what Red Alert status meant, Griffith said, The release is clear. An alert state is used worldwide and intensifies or decreases based on the threat and provides the law enforcement officers to ascertain how much more, or less law enforcement is required.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-14 11:59:53
'Alyuh too wicked' police protesters warned of arrest by Gary
COMMISSIONER of Police Gary Griffith intends to dealing with the trouble makers who show up after police make arrests in their community.
Griffith said that that he will be waiting on protestors who try to hamper police operations.
No one in an area could feel that they are so big and bad that if we arrest any gang leader and you feel you have authority. We will be walking in with several vans known as paddy wagons and anyone who breaks the law..if they are in love with their gang leaders they will accompany them, they will join them, warned Griffith.
The CoP issued the warning at Thursdays media briefing held at Police Administration Building in Port of Spain.
Nobody has the authority to block roads, no one had the authority to take the law into their own hands. Everything is intelligence driven and the operations will be based on that. It is not a case of us trying to deliberately intimidate, profile, or harass anyone target any individual based. We are looking at individuals who want to use their troops to work above the law, he said.
Griffith also said that he had received more death threats in recent months than the number of test victories by the West indies in the past ten years.
The country was placed on a policing red alert with immediate effect on Wednesday because of gang warfare and murders.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-14 16:27:37
PoS crime lord arrested
Hours after Police Commissioner Gary Griffith warned criminals, saying he was prepared for anything they could dish out, a man described as a high-priority suspect in several gang-related killings was arrested.
Senior police confirmed they visited the home of a man identified as a person of interest in several matters this afternoon to arrest him, but he was not at home.
At about 3.23, members of the Inter-Agency Task Force arrested the 34-year-old man in Beetham Gardens, and he is currently being questioned by police at an undisclosed location.
Earlier today at a press conference after yesterday's raids in the Beetham and Laventille, Griffith issued a stern warning to criminals that he was undaunted by their threats and said the police were prepared to defend themselves and the public against any aggression.
"No gang or institution in this country is more powerful than the TT Police Service. We will do what is required.
I wish to advise the public and let the media be aware, that if any of them (criminals) put God past their thoughts this time around I am waiting on them. We will be going in with several vans and if they are so in love with their gang leaders, they will be going in with them."
Griffith said the police were prepared to face any threats, and he extended support to police from various units who would be continuing anti-crime patrols for the rest of the week.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-14 21:22:09
3 gang leaders in custody
27 arrested in police push-back
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith, centre, and members of the Special Operations Response Team at Phase Five, Beetham Gardens during Wednesday exercise.
Photo courtesy the TTPS
POLICE have held three men they say are gang leaders. The third man, who police said has been associated with gangs in the Beetham Gardens community, was held around 3 p.m. yesterday by officers of the Port of Spain Division under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner of Police Irvin Hackshaw.
The Express was told the man was held on a warrant, allegedly in relation to shooting offences. Earlier yesterday, police confirmed that Wednesdays push-back police exercises which took place throughout the nine policing divisions of Trinidad and Tobago had resulted in the arrest of 27 persons, including at least two alleged gang leaders.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-15 09:33:53
New plot uncovered to kill Griffith
A new plot has been uncovered to assassinate Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith by two incarcerated gang leaders and one of their associates.
Intelligence sources say the contract to kill was connected to the human trafficking bust which occurred last Wednesday.
The information is compiled in a confidential report prepared by the Special Operations Response Team on February 8.
A copy of the report which has been obtained by Guardian Media names of the major players in the plot and their plan to take out the Commissioner with help of shooters based in the Laventille area.
One high-ranking intelligence source told Guardian Media they are certain the threat is linked to the human trafficking bust that took place on February 6, in which 19 young Spanish-speaking girls were rescued in West Trinidad and at a Chinese restaurant on Ariapita Avenue.
Some 18 suspects were arrested and remain in custody as police continue to piece together this intricate criminal network.
Mere hours after the sex trafficking bust, a confidential informant reached out to the members of SORT spilling the beans about the plot and why the Commissioner was being targeted.
Seems based on our information these persons reached out to these gang leaders in jail to ensure that the job to pass out the Commissioner was done, said a high-ranking intelligence source.
Another reliable source said, Because we interrupted their criminal enterprise and they now want to silence the Commissioner. Were talking about powerful and affluent people here, he said.
The information, the report stated, was extracted from a confidential informant with intimate details about the plot and was titled Special report: plot to assassinate the Commissioner of Police Grade C,2.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-15 16:10:03
Gangster: Peace talk sounds trappy
Discussions of rival gangs coming together to sign a peace pact may be agreed upon soon.
Should this peace order be signed, especially between the Muslims and the Rasta City gangs, there is expected to be a noticeable decline in gang-related activities including gun violence and homicides.
Within a 72-hour window from Wednesday to yesterday 28, people were detained by the police including several reputed gang leaders.
The latest, according to police, was a person of interest from Beetham Gardens, who was taken in for questioning in relation to a shooting incident.
This detention occurred hours after Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith and his entourage of elite officers from the Special Operations Response Team and Guard and Emergency swooped down on a house at Phase 5 Beetham Gardens where they conducted a three-hour evidence-led operation.
Guardian Media understands that all persons of interest are still in police custody and there are alleged talks ongoing with respect to agreeing to a peace deal.
A relative of a suspected gang leader from Laventille, who wished not to be identified, said all their efforts to locate her relative up to press time proved futile as they are not being given any confirmation as to where the police have him.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-15 16:15:48
The reputed head of Rasta City gang held
The reputed head of the Rasta City gang from the Beetham community has been taken into custody by police in an ongoing anti-gang operation which began on Wednesday.
He was held just before 3pm today.
This is the third reputed gang leader held in the last couple days.
We will have more on this later.
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Narper
2019-02-15 18:19:40
258 arrested in Police Red Alert strike back
Police have arrested over 258 persons in connection with various offences including gang activity, shootings, outstanding warrants and gun and narcotic possession.
These exercises have resulted in the following:
Person Arrested: 258
Warrants Executed:187
Tickets Issued: 836
Stop and Searches: 2604
Patrols: 2553
Firearms and Ammunitions Seized: 9 Firearms and 93 rounds
Narcotics Seized: Marijuana 2422.91 grammes and Cocaine 22.4 grammes
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sgtdjones
2019-02-15 20:52:23
Boombay challenges detention
Attorneys representing at least one Laventille detainees were forced to send in a request to the Port-of-Spain Magistrates Court yesterday requesting Police Commissioner Gary Griffith to disclose the reason for detention and whereabouts of their client.
This move by representing attorneys came hours after seven more people of interest, two of which are suspected gang leaders, were detained by police officers during an intelligence and evidence-led operations yesterday morning.
Six of them are said to be from Sea Lots and one from Beetham Gardens.
According to police sources, the suspects in custody now totals 33. Most of them are being questioned in connection with shooting incidents.
One of the men from Sea Lots, a well-known businessman, is represented by three attorneys, who, Guardian Media understands is attempting to ascertain specific information from the police, including his whereabouts as well.
The application was filed yesterday by the attorneys of Anthony Boombay Boney before High Court Judge Eleanor Donaldson-Honeywell.
It was ordered that Griffith is to complete all interviews with Boney on or before 10 am today and a return to the Writ of Habeas Corpus is to be lodged with the Registrar of the Supreme Court by 10 am also today, failing which Boney is to be released. Boney is being represented by attorney Fayola Sandy and Coreen Findley.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-15 20:55:57
Burkie, Dole, Spanish detained
Three residents from the Sealots and Beetham communities who go by the nicknames 'Burkie', 'Dole' and 'Spanish', have been taken in by police in operations this morning.
The operations are part of the ongoing Red Alert activity taking place by the police.
The men are assisting the police in their investgations into recent crime in the area.
We will have further information on this later.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-16 09:49:29
Update: Suspected gang leader walks free, no charges filed against him
16 FEBRUARY 2019 CRIME
Update: One of the suspected gang leaders, detained earlier this week in a series of police operations was released from police custody just after 9 am on Saturday.
The police had been given until 10 am on Saturday to complete their investigations into the man they claimed is a gang leader.
This is the result of a writ of habeas corpus which was filed by the Laventille mans attorneys on Friday at the Port of Spain Assizes.
The attorneys were seeking to have their clients released as the limit prescribed under the Anti-Gang Act had been achieved, and no charges had been laid, nor had any detention orders be presented to their client.
Other writs, for three other alleged gang leaders, are expected to be filed at the High Court today.
More on this as it becomes available
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sgtdjones
2019-02-16 14:23:26
Tobago...Island Lockdown
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith says there are plans to use technology to improve security in Tobago.
At the launch of I Support Our Service in Tobago, at the Apex Bar and Grill, Bon Accord yesterday Griffith said he recognises crime against tourists is a major issue there, and this will be a focus point.
What we are doing is looking at the threats, looking at what would cause an individual to target tourists and by doing that what could be done to provide a deterrent. There are a number of things we are already aware of that would be done. My focus is also is to have Tobago remain as locked down as possible and to improve on it.
He says he is ready to meet with all the islands stakeholders, both private and the Tobago House of Assembly, next week, and will be working towards preventing the migration of criminals to Tobago.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-17 11:03:22
Burkie, son and Dole released
THREE more men who police alleged are gang leaders were released shortly after 9 am from custody after a writ of habeas corpus was filed on their behalf.
Cedric Burkie Burke, of Sea Lots, his son Revaldo Burke, and Akani Dole Adams, also from Sea Lots,
were released from the Barataria and San Juan police stations just after 9 am, attorney Richard Clarke-Wills who represents the men confirmed a short while ago.
Clarke-Wills filed a writ of habeas corpus late on Saturday seeking the release of the Burkes, Ancil Chemist Villafana and Adams. It was heard by Justice Eleanor Donaldson-Honeywell and the writs were served on the Commissioner of Police late Saturday night.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-17 18:53:20
SORT hits La Romaine hard, 20 arrested
The Special Operations Response Unit (SORT) used drone technology in the arrest of 20 persons and the seizure of firearms and quantities of ammunition and narcotics and a police jacket in the Southern Division.
The exercise, conducted in the La Romaine district, on Sunday also included officers of the Southern Division and Central Division Task Forces and the Canine branch.
Search warrants were executed in the district, which resulted in one Uzi submachine gun, three pistols, 74 rounds of 9mm ammunition, three kilogrammes of marijuana, eight grammes of cocaine and one blue police operations jacket with police patches being discovered.
Photo 3- Drugs seized in La Romaine on 17.02.19.jpeg
Of those held, 11 are expected to be charged with possession of firearms and possession of narcotics.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-17 18:55:58
Gary warns community leaders: No more gangster culture
FOLLOWING the release of community leader Anton Boombay Boney from police custody yesterday morning, Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith warned so-called community leaders to cease from encouraging gangster culture in the areas in which they live.
And he encouraged people in hotspots to forego fighting for turf, and instead fight on the turf in a football tournament he titled the Commissioners Cup.
Boney was among several persons of interest detained after the police push-back exercise in Laventille, Beetham Gardens and Sea Lots last week, but he was released after his lawyer filed a writ in the High Court, requesting the police give reasons for his arrest.
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Narper
2019-02-17 19:19:50
SORT hits La Romaine hard, 20 arrested
The Special Operations Response Unit (SORT) used drone technology in the arrest of 20 persons and the seizure of firearms and quantities of ammunition and narcotics and a police jacket in the Southern Division.
Photo 4- Police Operations Jacket found in La Romaine on 17.02.19.jpeg
The exercise, conducted in the La Romaine district, on Sunday also included officers of the Southern Division and Central Division Task Forces and the Canine branch
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sgtdjones
2019-02-17 19:45:20
In reply to Narper
Narps
I know that area well. My family had 15 acres near mosquito creek for the highway the Government took approx 10 acres
away.
Near the Godineau Bridge, the sea and river currents were always deadly.
Great area to fish, catch crabs and oysters.
Memories of watching the oil tankers come into Pointe a Pierre Refinery.
BeatDball
2019-02-18 09:37:31
Socishitists dont care about law enforcement. They just dont care. They just want political power. Full stop. But, alyuh blind. Look here in the US major cities where Demoncraps have been in charge for decades...what do you see? Crime, litter, graffiti, road crashes galore, etc. Just chaos. These people just want power; be at the helm & preach class envy. Always talking about, 'we will give you this, we will give you that; free this, free that.' What was NYC prior to Rudy Guiliani? Same in the Windies when PNC, PNM & PNP in power. They create booracracy upon booracracy - nobloody is held accountable; nothing gets done; just talk & talk. Look man, I'm vexed. Gwallang alyuh mcs. Lemme go & google Rwanda news & see how honorable Paul Kagame is kicking backsides - modernity, civility, cleanest capital city in all of Africa (54 countries); low crime rates, massive push for literacy (cant wait when Rwandans' 8th graders will be amongst the 8th graders of Shanghai, Singapore, South Korea, etc on that international Reading Comprehension Exam & Mathematics); empowering women to the maximum (most women in parliament than any other country on the planet), making it easy like, tea & water to start up businesses - matter of hours...foreign investors are galloping their arses off to get to Rwanda. Foreign actors & celebrities, even they want piece of that country. Alyuh know what Ellen Degenerate has done? Even the other day, some actress, Patricia Heaton is getting piece of the action. Former English cricket captains are volunteering their skills to enhance the burgeoning cricket. Heheheh; I deading wid laff. Keep singing the socishitist mantra alyuh mcs.
sgtdjones
2019-02-18 20:39:02
CoP defends blasting media: Its constructive criticism
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith this afternoon stood by earlier remarks criticising media houses for "biased" coverage. He said it was intended as constructive criticism and to raise the standard of reporting in TT.
Newsday spoke with Griffith. who said the reports from some media houses showed favouritism towards criminals.
"I want the media to see it as constructive criticism. If you see when we did the operation on the Beetham last Thursday, the only people this media house could get to interview were two fellas at the corner that were obviously affiliated or had a sense of loyalty to certain persons of interest.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-18 20:42:01
No to contract cops
ANY attempt by the Government or Police Commissioner Gary Griffith to implement police officers becoming contractual employees will not be supported.
This is the view of secretary of the Police Social and Welfare Association ASP Anand Ramesar to a proposed recommendation by Griffith that future police officers be contracted.
Griffith made the statement last Thursday during a media briefing at Police Administration headquarters in Port of Spain.
At the briefing, Griffith said, I intend to make a recommendation as well because at times it becomes difficult to fire him (police officer) based on intelligence.
I have over 150 cases people suing the Commissioner of Police before my tour of duty, for everything under the sun. We love to go to court. What I am doing and I am making a recommendation that, in the future, for recruits I am giving you a contract, so when police officers are on contract, we cannot do this for present police officers because they can sue me.
And what I can do is that all police officers in future on contracts for three or six years so we can monitor your performance.
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Implement asap
sgtdjones
2019-02-20 14:27:15
Buried guns discovered in Sangre Grande
Eleven firearms and a large quantity of marijuana were seized in an Operation Strike Back exercise in East Trinidad on Tuesday.
Police said the firearms and drugs were found in a forested area at Gordon miller Settlement, North Oropouche Road, Sangre Grande.
The drugs were packaged, wrapped in plastic, and stashed in crocus bags.
Police said the firearms were found in a six-inch pipeline buried in the ground.
No one was arrested in connection with the find.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-21 09:55:41
Criminals switching to military weapons senior cop
Criminals are shifting from the use of handguns to commit crimes to more sophisticated military-type rifles.
This from Assistant Commissioner of Police (Anti-Crime) Jayson Forde on Wednesday as he told a Parliament Joint Select Committee on National Security that police were seizing an average of 1,000 illegal firearms annually.
Forde admitted that the rate at which illegal firearms appear on the streets is something to be concerned about.
Vice chairman of the Committee Paul Richards told Forde the SSAs 2016 data showed there were 8,154 illegal firearms in T&T and this figure may be a drop in the bucket. Many of those weapons came in through legal ports of entry, the SSA found.
Forde said the figures of firearms recovered have been far larger compared to previous years.
Of the 8,000 firearms, Richards said 169 were used in crimes.
If I were to accept this in the context of the seizure rate it suggests that about 7,500 plus illegal firearms are just lurking around T&T and are awaiting unfortunate use. The seizure of 1,000 out of 8,000 does not give me a lot of comfort, Richards said.
Richards said when he looked at the 2,000 criminal gangs operating in the country, each recruiting an average of 20 members, we were grossly under-estimating the number of firearms in T&T. The numbers dont seem to add up to me.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-21 09:58:48
Many of those weapons came in through legal ports of entry, the SSA found.
When I explained this to the so-called expert on T&T,
he denied such happens as T&T customs and Immigration
will stop such.
sgtdjones
2019-02-21 16:48:47
WPC quits after meeting Gary over offensive social media post
Woman Special Reserve Police (SRP) Constable Avril Alleyne, has tendered her letter of resignation with immediate effect.
This is was disclosed by the Police Service in a statement on Thursday.
The former SRP who was last attached to the Tobago Division, submitted her resignation letter on February 11.
Her resignation came after she posted offensive comments on social media earlier this month. She had been summoned to a meeting with the Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith to discuss her conduct.
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BeatDball
2019-02-21 17:10:02
In reply to sgtdjones SGT...what, exactly, did the cunstable posted?
sgtdjones
2019-02-22 08:47:14
Prison officers house shot at
NORTHERN Division police are searching for the occupants of a white Nissan Tiida car who opened fire at the home of a prison officer on Saturday night.
Police said that at 10.30 pm, the car was seen outside the Tunapuna home of the prison officer when gunshots were fired. The vehicle later sped off while. The walls of the house were pock-marked by the bullets while there were holes in several windows.
Newsday was told that the prison officer was not at home during the shooting, however his parents were in a back room at the time and they were the ones who contacted the police. No one was harmed.
Acting Prisons Commissioner Dennis Pulchan, in a press release yesterday, condemned the shooting and reminded the public that attacking anyone including members of the protective services is a serious offence punishable by law.
He also urged prison officers to remain vigilant as the criminal element appears bent on not only intimidating but also to kill law enforcement officials.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-22 08:50:30
In reply to BeatDball
SGT...what, exactly, did the cunstable posted?
Her social media post stated:
"Them people nasty boi wow...they really say the best Indian is a dead one yes...gosh boy they greedy and nasty".
sgtdjones
2019-02-23 10:11:12
Criminals going after soft targets
CRIMINALS are taking advantage of soft targets.
So police are once again urging people to be mindful of their surroundings and not take unnecessary risks.
Officers of the Port of Spain Division repeated this warning following a series of robberies and larcenies against people this week, where the elderly were among those targeted.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-23 18:29:36
2 cops, cops son quizzed on gang links
TWO police officers including the son of a senior officer, presently on pre-retirement leave, were interviewed by their colleagues in relation to alleged gang activity.
Police from the Northern Division, where the two officers are assigned, said they were called in for an interview by the Organised Crime and Intelligence Unit (OCIU). Both officers, sources said, were questioned after a report was made alleging their involvement in gang activity. The officers were summoned and went with their counterparts.
Police said they could not say if the men are still in custody or have been released.
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dayne
2019-02-23 18:44:05
Amazing this is happening in an oil resource country.
sgtdjones
2019-02-24 10:10:48
Lawyers under police probe
FOUR lawyers are under police probe for possible links to alleged gang leaders.
The Sunday Express has informed the four lawyers, who have visited prisoners at the Maximum Security Prison, are being investigated by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).
The link between lawyers and gang members was first raised in a CCN TV6 report last week titled Understanding Gangs.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-24 10:11:46
In reply to dayne
Amazing this is happening in an oil resource country.
The oil is gone, soon the natural gas.
All squandered by incompetent governments.
bravos
2019-02-24 10:13:50
Yes asshole weapons come through all legal ports of entry BUT NOT WITH FRIGGING PASSENGERS ASSHOLE!!
CARGO CARGO CARGO !!!
Fiend..
sgtdjones
2019-02-24 10:27:10
In reply to bravos
Yes asshole weapons come through all legal ports of entry BUT NOT WITH FRIGGING PASSENGERS ASSHOLE!!
CARGO CARGO CARGO !!!
Fiend..
So Port of Spain , San Fernando, Cedros, etc have ports of entry where both Cargo and passengers embark.
You are not an expert on T&T , just another
moron.
You are a real dunce and each time you post
it confirms it again and again.
sgtdjones
2019-02-24 17:42:15
Cops stop 20 kilos of cocaine heading to the airport
Three men were arrested officers of the Northern Division Task Force (NDTF)
Central during an anti-crime exercise in St. Helena on Saturday.
While on mobile patrol, officers of the NDTF Central received information and intercepted two vehicles suspected of transporting narcotics.
A white Mitsubishi Sportero and a black Nissan B13 were stopped and searched.
Officers discovered two suitcases containing a total of 23 packets of cocaine, weighing 20 kilogrammes. Two men from Piarco and one man from Gasparillo were arrested.
According to the Organised Crime and Intelligence Unit (OCIU), the narcotics has an estimated value of 8 million dollars.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-24 17:43:42
Venezuelan women arrested at Tobago Port, Westmoorings
Five Venezuelan women were detained during anti-crime exercises conducted at the Scarborough Port, Tobago on Friday.
A 39-year-old Maraval man who was in the company of the women was also detained. The Immigration Division is preparing detention orders.
The woman are aged between 18 years to 34 years.
And during an anti-crime exercise on Friday, a house at Ridgewood Towers, Diego Martin was searched and two Venezuelan nationals were arrested after failing to produce valid documentation.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-25 08:06:03
Third police officer held in gang link probe
A third police officer has been detained for allegedly helping criminal gangs.
The officer, who had been suspended from duty last year on charges of common assault, was held on Sunday, according to senior investigators.
Two other police officers, one of whom is closely related to former Police Commissioner Stephen Williams, were detained on Friday and remained in police custody.
Guardian Media understands that officers of the Organised Crime and Intelligence Unit (OCIU) submitted a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday but were instructed to re-interview the ex-commissioners relative before seeking further instructions.
Both men are being held at a police station in Port-of-Spain.
Guardian Media reported on Sunday that Williams relative and another 39-year-old police constable were arrested by the OCIU at the Arouca Police Station, shortly after they returned from the Tunapuna Magistrates Court.
The lockers of both officers were searched, their cellphones seized and their homes were later searched.
The arrests come after months of surveillance of several police officers suspected of facilitating gang activity, including the transportation of narcotics and other contraband across the country.
Guardian Media was informed that part of the alleged facilitating was the tipping-off of rival gangs during turf wars and police raids.
Earlier last week, members of an Arouca-based gang were taken into custody by the OCIU. They allegedly gave information about the involvement of several police officers in their criminal network.
sgtdjones
2019-02-25 16:01:19
Gary facing contempt of court, jail
POLICE Commissioner Gary Griffith may find himself facing contempt of court proceedings or even a possible jail term if he fails to carry out a High Court order which was issued last October.
Ultimately, it would serve this court no pleasure in sending the commissioner to that other place called GG which is Golden Grove. Please ensure this does not unfold, said Justice Frank Seepersad to the commissioners attorneys today.
The judge made the comment during the hearing of a matter filed by a former police officer who was asked to repay the State close to $.5 million that was paid to him over the course of three years while on injury leave.
Last October, Justice Seepersad ruled in favour of retired Cpl Ashram Pariagsingh, ordering that he not be made to pay back the monies.
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2019-02-26 18:12:48
sgtdjones
2019-02-27 21:52:12
Bandit arrested minutes after robbery
Members of the Port of Spain City Police arrested a 19-year-old Nelson Street man, minutes after he robbed a market vendor this afternoon.
Police said at around 5.30 pm, the victim was plying his goods at the Central Market when he was approached from behind by a man who ordered him to hand over his money.
When he refused, the bandit took $3000 from the vendor's pocket and ran away.
The man made a report to the market's police post, giving a description of the bandit.
Cpls John, McShine and Constable Fabres drove around east Port of Spain and found the man in John John.
He was arrested and found with $500.
The man was charged and is expected to appear before a Port of Spain magistrate tomorrow.
Police said Port of Spain vendors are the targets of increased attacks from bandits from Beetham and east Port of Spain.
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2019-02-27 21:53:14
500 SRPs to join TTPS after Carnival
President of the Police Welfare Association Michael Seales said approximately 500 Special Reserve police officers will be absorbed into the regular police service at the end of March.
Speaking at the weekly briefing at the Police Administration building, Sackville Street, Port of Spain, Seales said the association had a meeting with Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith last week which was satisfactory to the association.
Seals urged special reserve police officers to step up their performance, especially during the Carnival season, and not to let their performance affect their absorption or promotion.
I am saying this now, it is important now, because we need you to perform not with just pride but with distinction over the Carnival period. Let me say to them and to rest assured, we have been able to secure with the commissioner that promotions will be just after Carnival.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-27 22:07:35
Griffith: No one told me about court order
CoP on chance of being jailed:
COMMISSIONER of Police Gary Griffith says his office could not act on the courts order to reclassify the leave of former Cpl Ashram Pariagsingh, as neither he, his office nor the legal unit of the Police Service were informed of the judges direction.
In a statement on Tuesday the second one on the issue Griffith said arms of the State external to the police did not forward the courts order until last Friday, when the matter was scheduled for hearing on Monday.
The statement said when the commissioners office received it, he ensured that his office was represented at Mondays hearing.
Therefore, it was never a case of the Office of the Commissioner refusing to adhere to a court order; as this court order was never forwarded in the first place.
This situation now highlights major administrative deficiencies in such matters and requires a review by all arms involved in these processes to prevent such recurrences, the statement said.
However, in court on Monday, Justice Frank Seepersad pointed out that there was no excuse for compliance with his order, since the commissioner was represented at the trial.
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sgtdjones
2019-02-27 22:09:16
Cops challenge to gang facilitation detention delayed
A legal challenge from two police officers held on detention orders under the Anti-Gang Act has been delayed.
Lawyers representing the officers filed the applications to set aside the orders on Tuesday night and they came up for hearing before Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds in the San Fernando High Court yesterday afternoon.
During the brief hearing, lawyers representing the T&T Police Service (TTPS) asked for time to respond to the applications, as they claimed they were only served with them late Tuesday evening. Ramsumair-Hinds agreed and adjourned the case to 11 am today.
The officers were among three who were detained by detectives of Organised Crime and Intelligence Unit (OCIU) at the Arouca Police Station last Friday.
The T&T Guardian understands that investigators applied under section 17 (5) of the legislation for detention orders for the three officers on Sunday. The orders, which mean that the officers could be held without charge for an additional 11 days (until March
, were granted by Ramsumair-Hinds without a hearing.
In her order, Ramsumair-Hinds ruled that investigators were working diligently and expeditiously and that there were reasonable grounds for justifying the officers continued detention. Only two of the officers have challenged her decision thus far.
Legal sources said that on Monday another order was sought and granted for a civilian who is also under investigation.
The officers are being represented by Ulric Skerritt.
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