The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) said it is aware of a so­cial me­dia video, in which a woman is com­ment­ing on the process by which Firearm Users Li­cens­es (FUL) are is­sued.

In a state­ment, the TTPS said it has no is­sue with peo­ple ex­press­ing their opin­ion on any mat­ter, whether per­tain­ing to the TTPS or oth­er­wise, “as this free­dom is en­shrined in our Con­sti­tu­tion.”

How­ev­er, the TTPS said it has al­so tak­en note of what ap­pears to be an as­sault ri­fle in her pos­ses­sion.

Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Er­la Christo­pher has in­di­cat­ed that she is aware of the anx­i­ety as it re­lates to the ac­qui­si­tion of FULs and le­gal firearms, and she is al­so “very con­cerned about the con­tin­u­ing loss of life through gun and gang vi­o­lence”.

The Top Cop said she re­mained “very res­olute in tak­ing the nec­es­sary ac­tions to ef­fec­tive­ly re­duce this high in­ci­dence of crime and vi­o­lence in our coun­try.”

The Com­mis­sion­er said, the TTPS has al­ways main­tained trans­paren­cy with re­gard to the pol­i­cy and pro­ce­dures re­quired to ob­tain a Firearm Users Li­cence.

“I can as­sure the pub­lic that the is­su­ing of FULs will con­tin­ue, the ap­pli­ca­tion process will re­main very ro­bust and will be per­formed with due dili­gence,” she said.