ELIZ­A­BETH GON­ZA­LES

GML Cor­re­spon­dent

Trans­port Com­mis­sion­er Clive Clarke is in­ves­ti­gat­ing claims that Li­cens­ing of­fi­cers stopped an am­bu­lance in To­ba­go dur­ing a joint an­ti-crime ex­er­cise, while it was trans­port­ing a pa­tient in an emer­gency.

This comes af­ter a so­cial me­dia user claimed that an am­bu­lance, dri­ving with its siren on and trans­port­ing a crit­i­cal­ly ill pa­tient, was stopped by Li­cens­ing of­fi­cers in Low­lands.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia on Mon­day night dur­ing a road ex­er­cise in To­ba­go, the Trans­port Com­mis­sion­er said he will ver­i­fy whether the in­ci­dent hap­pened, as well as who stopped the am­bu­lance.

“One of the things the Li­cens­ing of­fi­cers do not prac­tice is in­ter­cept­ing of­fi­cers while they are in op­er­a­tion,” Trans­port Com­mis­sion­er Clarke stat­ed.  “I’m still to ver­i­fy whether or not the am­bu­lance was stopped be­cause some­body may have sus­pect­ed some­thing—prob­a­bly … the TTPS or Li­cens­ing of­fi­cer.”

Mean­while, in de­fence of po­lice of­fi­cers, TTPS Road Safe­ty Co­or­di­na­tor, Sergeant Brent Bat­son, said the in­for­ma­tion is one-sided and the in­ci­dent is be­ing ver­i­fied.