FORMER T&T POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION CHAIRMAN WARNS OF PUBLIC LOSS OF CONFIDENCE IN NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBERS

By a Staff Reporter: Now that 5 new members were officially appointed as part of the Police Service Commission on Wednesday, Of course, the biggest issue the body will face is the process surrounding the CoP merit list, given that the previous body had withdrawn it after submitting it to the President.

However, one former Chairman of the Commission, Prof Ramesh Deosaran, says given the controversies surrounding the appointment of the nominees, the public may not have confidence in the matter.

The five new members are retired Appellate Judge Judith Jones, leadership/management consultant Maxine Attong, chartered accountant Maxine King, criminologist and public safety expert Ian Ramdhanie and attorney Rajiv Persad. According to Professor Deosaran, a fresh process may well open up the PSC to litigation from those who would have reached the last phase of that process. He said however if the process is re-done, then transparency is a must.