PC Mark Aleia who test­ed pos­i­tive for COVID-19 died on De­cem­ber 4th. Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice, Mc Don­ald Ja­cob and the Ex­ec­u­tive of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS), share their deep­est con­do­lences with the fam­i­ly, friends and col­leagues of PC Aleia.

Ac­cord­ing to a press re­lease from the TTPS, Aleia en­list­ed in­to the TTPS on No­vem­ber 3rd 2003 and was last at­tached to the St James Po­lice Sta­tion. Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent Kelvern Thomp­son, Head of the West­ern Di­vi­sion, said that “the di­vi­sion is shook-up at this time, as no amount of train­ing or ex­pe­ri­ence pre­pares one for the loss of a col­league”.

Snr Supt Thomp­son fur­ther stat­ed that Aleia is the first of­fi­cer in the di­vi­sion to have passed due to the COVID – 19 Pan­dem­ic, and not­ed that he was an all-rounder whose ded­i­ca­tion to du­ty and abil­i­ty to al­ways show up and ex­e­cute is be­yond in­cred­i­ble. He will be re­mem­bered as be­ing a true ex­am­ple of a kind, lov­ing, hard­work­ing and self­less team play­er, and will be great­ly missed by his col­leagues. PC Aleia leaves to mourn his wife, his two chil­dren, moth­er and broth­er.