PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Former New York police commissioner William “Bill” Joseph Bratton is expected to arrive in T&T in November to conduct a “diagnostic test” of the Police Service to determine the root cause of its problems and find a way forward for a more efficient organisation and ultimately a safer country. Emphasis would also be placed on immediately rooting out rogue officers rather than having them remain in the service, sometimes for years, on suspension with full pay before their matters are tried and completed.
Making the statement yesterday was National Security Minister Gary Griffith after meeting with the Police Service Social and Welfare Association for some two-and-a-half hours at the office of the Ministry of National Security, Abercromby Street, Port-of-Spain. Asked what would be the cost of hiring Bratton, Griffith only said: “Compared to all the others who were hired, this would be a drop in the bucket...Mr Bratton has a proven track record.