The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) says it has ac­knowl­edged the con­cerns ex­pressed by mem­bers of the pub­lic with re­gards to the repa­tri­a­tion of na­tion­als from the Unit­ed States.

On Sat­ur­day morn­ing, the Spe­cial In­ves­ti­ga­tions Unit fa­cil­i­tat­ed the re­turn of 17 in­di­vid­u­als to this coun­try, The TTPS says it is ac­tive­ly col­lab­o­rat­ing with key stake­hold­ers to en­sure a smooth and struc­tured rein­te­gra­tion in­to so­ci­ety.

Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice, In­tel­li­gence and In­ves­ti­ga­tions, Suzette Mar­tin, said, “Our pri­or­i­ty is to work close­ly with our part­ners to en­sure that all in­di­vid­u­als are safe­ly and re­spon­si­bly set­tled."

She em­pha­sised that the TTPS is com­mit­ted to sup­port­ing any re­ha­bil­i­ta­tive ef­forts re­quired to as­sist the in­di­vid­u­als in tran­si­tion­ing back in­to the com­mu­ni­ty. “This process is it­er­a­tive and will be guid­ed by on­go­ing as­sess­ments to en­sure ap­pro­pri­ate in­ter­ven­tions and sup­port mech­a­nisms are in place at every stage,” Mar­tin not­ed.