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MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY

As a result of a number of initiatives implemented • Operationalization of the National Operations
by the PNM Government in the 2015 to 2020 Fusion Centre and the establishment of a
period, the situation in Trinidad and Tobago with National Intelligence Fusion Centre, leading to a
crime and security has improved over the past sharing of resources, intelligence, and more
five years and positive results are manifesting focused intelligence driven operations.
themselves with a greater presence of the Police • Provision of more resources to the Financial
Service in our communities, more proactive and
effective policing and reduced numbers of Investigations Branch of the Police Service, to
deal with money laundering, corruption, and
serious crimes. All surveys and opinion polls
indicate that citizens of Trinidad and Tobago feel fraud
safer today than they felt 5 years ago • Provision of additional resources to the Counter
Trafficking Unit, to deal with human trafficking.
Some of these measures are: • Deployment of multi-agency specialist teams to
provide land and coastal surveillance, operations,
HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL and intervention
IMPROVEMENTS

• Appointment of a permanent Commissioner
of Police, a key appointment that was left
vacant since 2012. The new Commissioner
has moved apace to modernize and improve
the capacity and responsiveness of the Police
Force
• Appointment of younger officers to the
positions of Chief of Defence Staff and
Director of the Strategic Services Agency,
allowing for more continuity in office
• Restructuring of critical units in the Police
Service, such as the Special Operations
Response Team, White Collar Crime Unit and
Social Media Monitoring Unit

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