Urgent meeting summoned on T&T Top Cop’s performance

(Trinidad Express) Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Prof Ramesh Deosaran has summoned an emergency meeting, scheduled for 10 a.m. today, to discuss and finalise the appraisal/evaluation of Police Commissioner Dr Dwayne Gibbs and two deputy commissioners, Jack Ewatski and Stephen Williams.

In an e-mail sent to all the commissioners, Deosaran stated: “The Police Service Commission is now compelled to call an emergency meeting…to discuss and finalise several urgent matters, most important of all is the appraisal/evaluation of the Commissioner of Police, Dr Gibbs” and the two deputy Commissioners.

“We must strive to maintain the credibility of this commission and earn public confidence in executing our constitutional mandate. This emergency meeting is to help prevent putting the reputation of the commission and its commissioners in undue jeopardy,” Deosaran stated.

He added that while the commission had been doing fairly well so far, “there is now, however, a heightened sense of urgency with regard to the proper finalisation of the appraisal report from the PSC Secretariat and the administrative conditions surrounding the delivery of this important report”.