(Trinidad Express) The rules have changed for the appointment of a Commissioner of Police (CoP), who now must be a Trinidad and Tobago national, Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie announced on Thursday.
The process will also now be handled by a local firm, Cuffie said at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister, St Clair. He also said the appointee could be a national living abroad.
No firm has been selected as the decision is a new one, Cuffie added, as he announced that Cabinet had approved an order to change the appointment process for the appointment of the CoP, a position that has since 2012 been manned by acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams.
