Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley speaking at a local government election meeting at Harris Promenade in San Fernando, says he is willing to pay more to police officers to be part of what he described as “vetted units” reserved for officers of the highest integrity.
Criticizing the police service, Rowley held nothing back. “There are too many criminals in the police service,” he said, noting that his proposal was critical.
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“I was in a meeting with the Minister of National Security and our experts and the American experts where the American government has undertaken and we have agreed to accept it, to create within our police service, what we call vetted units. Vetted units, meaning groups of special police officers, men and women who are vetted to ensure that their integrity is intact.”
Rowley is adamant about getting rid of corrupt police officers who put lives in danger.
“When you’re going after the non-police criminals, they have their friends in the police service, to tip them off. And we have to have vetted units,” he explained. “I’m telling this country that we are prepared to pay extra to police officers in those vetted units if they will maintain their integrity and help us to root out the criminals in the police service, in the customs, in immigration and in the Parliament.”
