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Trinidad Tobago Army Police Powers - Trinidad, Tobago / Caribbean - Posted: 3rd Apr, 2013 - 2:21pm
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Trinidad And Tobago Army With Police Powers
The government proposes that the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment, the Army, be given the same powers of arrest as the police now has. Why? Why can't the police just do their job? Soldiers are professional killers, we have a bad enough time dealing with police officers who don't know how to interact with the public and now you want to put soldiers who only know how to take orders? I don't agree with this as a solution to the crime problem in T&T.
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What I don't get is: Are they going to train these soldiers? Is Trinidad going to become a military sort of country like those you see in central America? Let me tell you, I am not impressed, it shouldn't take a couple of weeks to get trained as a police officer, who is going to pay for all this and who is going to ensure the training is taking place in the right way?
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From what I heard the Attorney General say it will be only:
* Be selected army personnel and not the whole army
* They will be trained just as special reserve police officers are (SRPO)
What people still do not understand is who they are are answerable too when acting in that capacity since they are not civilians.
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According to the acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams, the month of March saw the fewest murders in any month for the past six years and he said this success it's because of the use of soldiers with police officers in joint patrols. Source 7
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Now is attorney general Anand Ramlogan who is looking for support to support legislation to give soldiers police powers.
QUOTE ATTORNEY General Anand Ramlogan yesterday sought to convince senators to support legislation to give soldiers police powers, arguing that the failure of the State over successive administrations to give soldiers a legal basis to be involved in joint police/army patrols amounted to a violation of the principle of the rule of law.
Ramlogan further suggested that the administration of justice was being hindered because of the gap in the law relating to the extent of the powers of soldiers.
Piloting the Miscellaneous Provisions (Defence and Police Complaints) Bill, 2013, Ramlogan said the Defence Act 1962, which established the role and functions of soldiers, did not envision a peace-time situation where soldiers would be required to defend their country alongside police officers during a time of high crime levels. Yet, joint patrols have been conducted since 1970, and outside of states of emergency, without legislative backing. Source 3
Ramlogan further suggested that the administration of justice was being hindered because of the gap in the law relating to the extent of the powers of soldiers.
Piloting the Miscellaneous Provisions (Defence and Police Complaints) Bill, 2013, Ramlogan said the Defence Act 1962, which established the role and functions of soldiers, did not envision a peace-time situation where soldiers would be required to defend their country alongside police officers during a time of high crime levels. Yet, joint patrols have been conducted since 1970, and outside of states of emergency, without legislative backing. Source 3
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