Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (DCP) Suzette Mar­tin said the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has tak­en note of videos cir­cu­lat­ing on so­cial me­dia in which a serv­ing of­fi­cer made pub­lic state­ments that have drawn sig­nif­i­cant at­ten­tion.

She made it clear that the views and al­le­ga­tions ex­pressed in the videos are per­son­al and do not rep­re­sent the poli­cies, prin­ci­ples, or op­er­a­tional po­si­tions of the TTPS.

Ac­cord­ing to the state­ment, the of­fi­cer is known to be ex­pe­ri­enc­ing chal­lenges com­pound­ed by per­son­al grief, fol­low­ing the re­cent death of his moth­er.

The TTPS said it has been ac­tive­ly pro­vid­ing wel­fare as­sis­tance and psy­cho­log­i­cal sup­port to him and his fam­i­ly dur­ing this dif­fi­cult pe­ri­od.

The re­lease con­firmed that an of­fi­cial in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the cir­cum­stances sur­round­ing the of­fi­cer’s moth­er’s death is on­go­ing.

DCP Mar­tin as­sured that the probe is be­ing con­duct­ed with “the ut­most sen­si­tiv­i­ty, thor­ough­ness, and im­par­tial­i­ty” to en­sure that all facts are es­tab­lished and jus­tice is served.

While ac­knowl­edg­ing the of­fi­cer’s per­son­al strug­gles, the TTPS warned that unau­tho­rised re­lease of mis­lead­ing in­for­ma­tion or spec­u­la­tive com­men­tary could un­der­mine pub­lic con­fi­dence and in­ter­fere with in­ves­ti­ga­tions.

The mat­ter, it said, will be ad­dressed through in­ter­nal and le­gal chan­nels in line with po­lice reg­u­la­tions and due process.

“The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice re­mains ded­i­cat­ed to pro­fes­sion­al­ism, trans­paren­cy, and the safe­ty and se­cu­ri­ty of all cit­i­zens. We thank the pub­lic for its pa­tience, sup­port, and un­der­stand­ing as we han­dle this sen­si­tive mat­ter with the se­ri­ous­ness it de­serves,” the state­ment end­ed.