PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher, Friday stated that an investigation has been launched right into a video being circulated on social media by which a police officer might be heard dismissing a person querying the whereabouts of the police following a theft at his residence.
The 40-second audio clip of the obvious interplay between the officer on the St Joseph Police Station, east of right here, and the unidentified man began with the person saying his spouse known as E-999 two hours earlier a couple of residence theft. It was advised the emergency service would contact the station on their behalf.
He says nobody has known as him or his spouse since.
However within the interplay, the feminine police officer could possibly be heard asking the person if he knew the place the police station was quite than simply sitting at residence ready for the police to reach.
“Have you learnt the place St Joseph Station is? So why all yuh doh are available in and make a proper report?” the feminine police officer stated; at this level, the person replied, “Thanks, ma’am.”
In an announcement, the Police Commissioner stated she needed to “apologize to the sufferer within the matter” and “guarantee the general public that each effort will probably be made to forestall a recurrence of such an incident.”
Harewood-Christopher stated that the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has been investing considerably in enhancing its service supply to the general public “and strongly condemns any occasion of poor customer support by cops in the course of the conduct of their duties.”
She warned that any occasion of poor customer support can be deemed unacceptable and never condoned by the TTPS.
“The TTPS strives for professionalism in all areas of its operations and, in that regard, will proceed to supply ongoing customer support coaching to all officers to make sure members of the general public obtain service of the very best high quality.
“The general public is suggested that senior officers in any respect police stations are accountable for guaranteeing that each one reviews made, whether or not by phone or in individual, are precisely and instantly recorded and that officers take immediate motion the place crucial.”
She stated members of the general public who should not glad that this protocol is being adopted are suggested to hunt an viewers with the officer accountable for the station instantly.
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