New­ly re-ap­point­ed Di­rec­tor of the Po­lice Com­plaints Au­thor­i­ty David West de­clined to com­ment yes­ter­day on crit­i­cism lev­elled against him by Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar.

West was giv­en an­oth­er five-year term to lead the PCA by act­ing Pres­i­dent Nigel de Fre­itas on Fri­day.

One day lat­er, Per­sad-Bisses­sar ac­cused the Gov­ern­ment of fail­ing to ad­dress Trinidad and To­ba­go’s crime cri­sis.

With over 600 mur­ders record­ed this year, Per­sad-Bisses­sar claimed the Row­ley ad­min­is­tra­tion has “blood on its hands,” cit­ing in­ef­fec­tive lead­er­ship across law en­force­ment. She crit­i­cised West for a lack of re­sults dur­ing his tenure, not­ing that 86 per cent of mis­con­duct com­plaints be­tween 2015 and 2023 re­sult­ed in no ac­tion.

In an in­ter­view with Guardian Me­dia on Fri­day, West out­lined plans for his new term, in­clud­ing en­hanc­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions, fos­ter­ing part­ner­ships, and ad­vo­cat­ing for leg­isla­tive re­forms to im­prove the PCA’s ef­fi­cien­cy.

When asked about the crit­i­cism, West de­clined to com­ment, stat­ing he was “en­joy­ing his Sun­day peace.”

West has al­so ad­vo­cat­ed for the full use of body cam­eras by po­lice of­fi­cers on du­ty.

Mean­while, Pa­tri­ot­ic Front leader Mick­ela Pan­day al­so de­clined to com­ment yes­ter­day when asked about Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s dis­missal of any al­liance or coali­tion with her par­ty.

The UNC leader said of Pan­day’s par­ty, “I don’t know which par­ty she has. Has any­body elect­ed her and does she have an ex­ec­u­tive? They’re one-man shows. One-man shows.”