(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has directed that Defence Force Reserves be called out to assist in maintaining law and order in the country.
The decision to call out some 400 reserves was taken during a meeting of the National Security Council on Tuesday, Persad-Bissessar told reporters during a visit along Piccadilly Street, Port of Spain, on Wednesday, where police and soldiers were on an exercise. She said the decision had nothing to do with threats by police officers to stage “sick-out” action in protest of the five per cent increase in salaries offered by the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO).
Persad-Bissessar also stated that she does not believe the police will intensify their action and confirmed that she intends to meet the Trinidad and
