The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has con­firmed that all charges against the sev­en of­fi­cers pre­vi­ous­ly dis­charged in the case of mis­be­hav­iour in pub­lic of­fice have been re-laid.

In a me­dia re­lease, the TTPS con­firmed that the of­fi­cers are now ex­pect­ed to reap­pear in court to face the charges.

Last week, a high-pro­file case in­volv­ing sev­en po­lice of­fi­cers ac­cused of ex­tort­ing busi­ness­men in San­gre Grande col­lapsed in the Port-of-Spain North A Court, with all charges against them dis­missed.

The case was ini­tial­ly dis­missed on No­vem­ber 18, due to pro­ce­dur­al is­sues and is cur­rent­ly un­der in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

Fol­low­ing dis­cus­sions with the Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP), the TTPS re­ceived ad­vice to re-lay charges against the ac­cused of­fi­cers.

Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Er­la Hare­wood-Christo­pher stat­ed, “The re-lay­ing of these charges demon­strates our com­mit­ment to en­sur­ing that jus­tice is served. The TTPS will con­tin­ue to work close­ly with the of­fice of the DPP to en­sure the prop­er de­ter­mi­na­tion of these mat­ters.”

This sto­ry will be up­dat­ed as in­ves­ti­ga­tions con­tin­ue.