Ot­to Car­ring­ton

Se­nior Re­porter

ot­to.car­ring­ton@cnc3.co.tt

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) Mount­ed Branch marked 175 years of polic­ing tra­di­tion and ser­vice on Sat­ur­day with a com­mem­o­ra­tive ride through Wood­brook and St Clair.

The event brought to­geth­er serv­ing and re­tired mem­bers of the Mount­ed Branch, mem­bers of the Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force and mem­bers of the pub­lic.

Ag W/Supt Re­nee Bain-Keller, head of the Mount­ed Branch, led the com­mem­o­ra­tive ac­tiv­i­ties, which ho­n­oured gen­er­a­tions of of­fi­cers who have served in the Branch.

The Wood­brook and St Clair ride brought the his­toric pres­ence of the Mount­ed Branch in­to the com­mu­ni­ties, al­low­ing mem­bers of the pub­lic to wit­ness the hors­es and mount­ed of­fi­cers first-hand.

Among those sup­port­ing the event were mem­bers of the Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force, in­clud­ing Com­man­der R Fred­er­ick of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Coast Guard.

Re­tired mem­bers of the ser­vice, in­clud­ing Re­tired Sgt Thomas and Re­tired Cpl Git­tens, al­so par­tic­i­pat­ed, high­light­ing the con­nec­tion be­tween past and present mem­bers of the na­tion’s se­cu­ri­ty ser­vices.

The 175th an­niver­sary pro­vides an op­por­tu­ni­ty for the TTPS to re­flect on the evo­lu­tion of the Mount­ed Branch and recog­nise the con­tri­bu­tion of of­fi­cers who have served through­out its his­to­ry.

The com­mem­o­ra­tive ride cel­e­brat­ed the Branch’s dis­ci­pline, pro­fes­sion­al­ism, sac­ri­fice, achieve­ment and na­tion­al ser­vice, while un­der­scor­ing its en­dur­ing place in Trinidad and To­ba­go’s polic­ing her­itage.