Trinidad and Tobago's Police Commissioner, Dwayne Gibbs, is to be served with a pre-action protocol letter from the Police Social and Welfare Association, which accuses him of breaching the Police Service Regulations, in relation to the 21st-century policing project.
The association is also claiming that the project is ineffective.
The first phase of the initiative was launched last year in the Western Division, an area plagued with violent crime and gang-related activities. President of the association, Sergeant Anand Ramesar, says if Commissioner Gibbs makes no effort to address the concerns, then the matter will be settled in court. Mr. Ramesar says when the 21st-century initiative was launched in April 2010, it was supposed to operate on a pilot basis. He said after that, an evaluation outlining its strengths and weaknesses was expected to be completed with input from the association’s members.
However, according to him, that was never done. The association’s letter to commissioner Gibbs identifies various alleged breaches, which include discrepancies in meal and overtime allowances, working hours and the general deployment of police officers whose divisions fall under the initiative.
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