DEREK ACHONG

Se­nior Re­porter

Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (DCP) Suzette Mar­tin will no longer be pros­e­cut­ed for dan­ger­ous dri­ving.

The Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) in­di­cat­ed its in­ten­tion to dis­con­tin­ue the charge as Mar­tin reap­peared be­fore Se­nior Mag­is­trate Mau­reen Ba­boolal-Gafoor yes­ter­day morn­ing.

No rea­son was giv­en for the de­ci­sion. 

A no­tice of dis­con­tin­u­ance was filed and pre­sent­ed dur­ing a fol­low-up hear­ing this morn­ing.

The charge against Mar­tin re­lates to an in­ci­dent that took place around 8:30 am on April 18, 2023, along the Pri­or­i­ty Bus Route (PBR) in the Croisee in San Juan.

A 14-year-old stu­dent was cross­ing the road to get to school when he was al­leged­ly struck by an un­marked po­lice ve­hi­cle dri­ven by Mar­tin.

The vic­tim suf­fered frac­tures to his foot.

An in­ves­ti­ga­tion was con­duct­ed by the Po­lice Com­plaints Au­thor­i­ty (PCA).

Mar­tin was charged via sum­mons and or­dered to ap­pear in court.

Mar­tin, who was a Se­nior Supt and the head of the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) Pro­fes­sion­al Stan­dards Bu­reau (PSB) at the time, plead­ed not guilty to the charge. She cur­rent­ly serves as DCP of In­tel­li­gence and In­ves­ti­ga­tions.

Mar­tin was rep­re­sent­ed by Jagdeo Singh, re­tired po­lice com­mis­sion­er James Philbert, Rishi Seep­er­sad, and Dar­ren Mitchell.