Three of the seven remaining divisional commanders say they are in full agreement with the drastic stance taken by their leader, acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams, who on Tuesday told two of his subordinates to take early retirement.
The T&T Guardian spoke with six of the other commanders while the other did not answer when telephoned.
According to both Senior Superintendents Adeline Pesnel and Kenny Mc Intrye, who are in share of the Southern and Central Divisions, respectively, the move by Williams to send their colleagues John Trim and Simbonath Rajkumar was a good thing and one needed to "shake up the Police Service".
According to Mc Intyre, he is not personally worried that his letter informing him to ride off into the proverbial sunset, leaving policing behind, will come. He added that he has done all he can and continue to work hard to fight crime in his division.
"The commissioner is correct in his approach given the mandate that we have. Whatever means necessary, we must do the job and this could well serve as a motivation to do better. I am concerned yes, but not worried that I may be next anybody could be next" Mc Intyre said.
During a telephone interview, Pesnel said: " The commissioner of Police has his job to do and is answerable to higher authority. By extension, he owes a duty to the public and is answerable to the public in ensuring that criminality is decreased."
"We as commanders have a responsibility to command the division to the best of our ability. As a commander, we must do what is humanly possible to get the job done," she said.  Pesnel added, "While I may not take that approach as the COP, if I have an officer who is not performing then I must take some sort of decisive action to get what I want to get out of that officer."
She said commanders must ignite a passion among their team to drive them even further.
Head of the Tobago Division, Snr Supt Joanne Archie, said she is not personally worried by the action of her boss saying that much is required of police officers and like Pesnel, she stated that Williams have a higher authority to answer to.
Although she agreed that Williams has a higher power to answer too, she dismissed the suggestion that his action was politically motivated.
Mc Donald Jacob, head of the Northern Division, said Williams, an attorney, has used the law so he is happy to see the enforcing of the law not just for criminals but for all.
He added that he respected what the commissioner has done and it is about time that the Police Service is based on performance and merit and use the tolls available to bring about a better service to the country.
Three other commanders, Floris Hodge-Griffith in Port-of-Spain, Surrendra Sagramsingh in the North-Eastern Division and Basdeo Ramdhanie in the Western Division all expressed similar concerns.
The trio all said they are doing all that they can do to manage crime in their divisions and were not the least worried that they will be given marching orders. They claimed to be too consumed with doing what needs to be done to be bothered by fear of early retirement. but were not naive all the same.
South Western Division head, Inraj Balram, said he did not want to comment on the issue.
It is believed that Williams acted out of political pressure brought against him since for the first time in history his commanders reported directly to the National Security Council headed by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.
Williams who in issuing the letters of early retirement quoted Section 74(2) (b) of the Police Service Act No.7 of 2006, first spoke of his powers to insist that officers take early retirement with full benefits after National Security Minister, Edmund Dillon, in August last year called on Divisional Commanders to be more responsible for crime in their respective divisions.
After the announcement was made, Williams reshuffled some of his commanders before he debuted the law effectively dismissing his juniors. The letter of forced retirement stated that both Rajkumar and Trim "have not made any significant contribution towards the police service improving its performance in 2016".
Last year the murder toll ended at 462, while 2015 there were 420 murders. Throughout the year last year, the police service said their benchmark for succcesss, according to the public, was murders.
Contacted yesterday, head of the Homicide Bureau, Snr Supt Sacenarine Mahabir, said he is not concerned about being sacked.