Richard Lord

He said one must now ex­am­ine why the East In­di­an na­tion­als of T&T were not ap­ply­ing for jobs in the po­lice ser­vice. He said Mo­hammed had start­ed "a mi­nor storm, which has re­sult­ed in many cit­i­zens call­ing on him to re­sign." Du­mas said Mo­hammed was en­ti­tled to his opin­ion but had han­dled the mat­ter bad­ly. He said that all that hap­pened was a con­tin­u­a­tion of the point­ing of fin­gers and the is­sue was not be­ing prop­er­ly ad­dressed. Du­mas said the role of Sgt Anand Rame­sar al­so must be ques­tioned in the mat­ter. Rame­sar wrote a let­ter to the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Dwayne Gibbs, claim­ing be­cause of the eth­nic im­bal­ances at the Pro­mo­tions Ad­vi­so­ry Board of the Po­lice Ser­vice, he felt he might be un­fair­ly treat­ed at the pro­mo­tions ex­am. "Why was the let­ter copied to the chair­man of the com­mis­sion?" he asked. "Many peo­ple were now say­ing 'like Cro Cro was right'."