Equipment suspected to be WPA’s had capacity to tap into police radio frequencies – expert

Trenton Roach

Police frequencies used to be jammed whenever meetings of the WPA were held and communication equipment examined after the death of Walter Rodney and suspected to have belonged to the party showed the ability to tap into police communications.

Trenton Roach, an electronics devices and communication expert, made the disclosures when he took the stand yesterday before the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the June 13, 1980 death of WPA Leader Rodney.

The testimony gives further insight into the standoff between the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and the