{"id":5110,"date":"2026-10-02T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T20:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=5110"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T20:00:39","slug":"boodhu-questions-prime-minister-s-role-in-selecting-heads-of-special-operations-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=5110","title":{"rendered":"Boodhu Questions Prime Minister\u2019s Role In Selecting Heads Of Special Operations Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Sanjiv Boodhu has raised concerns about the Prime Minister\u2019s role in the process surrounding appointments of officers to lead special operations within policing districts.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the PNM town hall in St Joseph, Boodhu argued that operational policing should remain independent of political direction.<\/p>\n<p>He said his concern centred on provisions allowing political consultation or objection in relation to officers selected for senior roles within the Special Operations structure.<\/p>\n<p>Boodhu argued that because those officers could exercise significant authority within individual districts, the process used to select them deserves close scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>He linked the issue to the wider constitutional principle that the Police Service should operate independently in carrying out its law enforcement responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Boodhu questioned whether senior police leadership supported the particular appointment mechanism contained in the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>His comments represented the Opposition\u2019s interpretation of the potential constitutional and operational implications of the provisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanjiv Boodhu questioned political involvement in appointments within the Special Operations structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trinidad-and-tobago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}