PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 19, CMC -Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Sunday night said that the attack on a municipal police station that left one officer dead and the theft of more than 60 weapons “was not an external attack on the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) or the National State security services.”
In a statement posted on her Facebook page, Persad-Bissessar said that the incident at the San Fernando City Corporation Municipal Police station, south of here, ”was an internal betrayal perpetrated against the Trinidad and Tobago Municipal Police Service (TTMPS) attached to the San Fernando City Corporation.
“It should be noted that The TTPS is a distinct entity from the TTMPS. TTPS officers were not involved in the incident. The Ministry of Homeland Security and the TTPS will provide full support to TTMPS, San Fernando Mayor Robert Parris and the San Fernando City Corporation to investigate and bring this matter to closure and recover the stolen items,” she said.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defence said it had activated a national security response following the killing of the municipal police officer and that the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) had moved to an “elevated operational posture” to support ongoing investigations.
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