A warn­ing from the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice that vot­er in­tim­i­da­tion and thug­gery on elec­tion day are ar­restable of­fences and will not be tol­er­at­ed.

The TTPS’ Me­dia Am­bas­sador, ASP Owie Rus­sell, re­ports there will be a heavy po­lice pres­ence across the coun­try on Mon­day, to en­sure there are no ma­jor in­ci­dents or dis­rup­tions so that vot­ers can ex­er­cise their fran­chise in a free, fair and safe en­vi­ron­ment.

The TTPS spokesman is warn­ing all po­lit­i­cal par­ty sup­port­ers and ac­tivists against en­gag­ing in vi­o­lence of any kind.

“There will be max­i­mum pa­trols,” he stat­ed. “Any wan­ton be­hav­iour, threat, thug­gery, or any­thing that wants to dis­rupt this gen­er­al elec­tion, will be tak­en very se­ri­ous­ly.”

“If per­sons have it in their minds or their in­ten­tions to [cause dis­rup­tions] … I will ad­vise you im­me­di­ate­ly, to get them out your head,” the TTPS spokesman warned.

And cit­i­zens are be­ing re­mind­ed of sev­er­al of­fences which can re­sult in them be­ing ar­rest­ed and charged.

“It is an of­fence for per­sons to go and vote with tee-shirts and ban­ners that bear the in­signias of any of these [po­lit­i­cal] par­ties,” ASP Rus­sell ex­plained.

“And it is an of­fence for per­sons to con­gre­gate with­in a hun­dred yards of a polling sta­tion on polling day,” he added.

Elec­tion day in Trinidad and To­ba­go is Mon­day 28 April 2025.