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Trinidad and Tobago Former police commissioner, Gary Griffith, says he makes “no apology for providing citizens with the opportunity to protect and defend themselves” after a retired Court of Appeal judge described the issuance of firearm user’s licences (FUL) by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) as “a thriving well-oiled white collar criminal enterprise.”
retired Appeal Court judge, Stanley John, had been appointed by the former Police Service Commission to looking to allegations of Corruption with the issuance of guns
John recommended police should probe into several issues raised during his investigation and skilla understand that he report that is anyone break the law should be brought to Justice. John reported
“My investigation leaves me with the firm view of the existence within the TTPS of a highly dysfunctional system for processing applications for FULs and other related licences/permits. The system is replete with opportunities for illegal, irregular and other corrupt practices. Clearly, the advantage taken of these opportunities has been widespread
“Indeed, Griffith has mentioned that he was aware of the significance of this problem by way of several reports made to him. His efforts to address it have clearly been woefully unsuccessful. His own explanation of his involvement in the process, in my opinion… was in breach of the law as set out in Section 16 of the Firearms Act. This has been a master class in dysfunctionalisation,
Under the Firearms Act, it is the Commissioner of Police who grants approvals for FULs and John reported that “the commissioner has not performed the functions entrusted to him by law in relation to the issuance of firearm licences.
John said it was his opinion that Griffith’s liberal policy had the potential to militarise sections of the society. But in a statement, Griffith dismissed the report by the retired judge, saying it was a ‘carbon copy” of a report done by a two-man committee appointed by the National Security Council.
Griffiths also dismissed suggestions that his ‘liberal policy’ had the potential to ‘militarise sections of the society’ saying it is “completely stunning, flabbergasting and clearly out of sync with the Trinidad and Tobago within which most citizens live in fear of criminals with significant cadres of high-powered weaponry.
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