Following a public spat over the T&T Police Service’s failure to charge anyone involved in a poolside party at the Bayside Towers for breach of COVID-19 health protocols last week, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Police Commissioner Gary Griffith met at the Diplomatic Centre in Port-of-Spain yesterday and ironed out their issues.
And following the meeting, Griffith said the disagreement was now behind them and is now resolving to ensure the TTPS gets the public to fully comply with the regulations to ensure the country is protected from the spread of the virus.
The meeting came after Rowley had questioned the police’s response to the pool party at Bayside Towers in Cocorite, where no one was charged although there was a clear breach of the public health ordinance for social gatherings.
This drew criticism from the public and once again raised the issue of whether one law was being applied to the rich and another for the poor, since people had been arrested and charged at other public events where there were breaches of the social gathering law.
