While Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has assured his drivers will be traversing at the required 80 kilometres on the highways, head of the Police Social and Welfare Association, Insp Anand Ramesar, says there was no provision in law for officers to drive above the speed limit anyway.
In a telephone interview, Ramesar said: "There is no law. Everybody is governed by the rules of the Trinidad and Tobago, without exception, unless the law states.
"If a policeman is found wanting while driving he will be judged like any other driver in Trinidad and Tobago, including in an official police vehicle.
"There is no exception. If in hot pursuit then that will be up to a judge or a magistrate's discretion."
On his return from a 12-day trip abroad on Saturday night Rowley told the media his drivers would be adhering to the speed limit.
"They had better. I'm very scared of fast driving," Rowley said, adding his drivers can attest to him not tolerating speeding.
Constable Brent Batson, co-ordinator of the Road Safety Project, in a telephone interview also said there was no law allowing police to drive in excess of the speed limit but he believed there was a High Court judgment that gave officers leeway.
Batson admitted his memory of the case was not the best but he believed the judgment allowed for officers, in the pursuit of their duties, to drive in excess of 80 kilometres as well as drive on the shoulder of the highways.
During last week's media briefing, communication manager of the Police Service Ellen Lewis said police officers were allowed, in the execution of their duties in police vehicles, to drive beyond the speed limit.
She added that civilians could drive a maximum of two kilometres above their vehicle prescribed limit without incurring a $1,000 ticket.