Ramesar: Gibbs’ police uniforms stored in Arima warehouse The $549,900 worth of police uniforms purchased by former commissioner of police Dwayne Gibbs for local cops are stored in an Arima warehouse. But these uniforms will never see the light of day for adoption by the T&T Police Service. President of the Police Social and Welfare Association Inspector Anand Ramesar said on Thursday that the 300 police uniforms remain “unused and stashed away in a businessman’s warehouse in Tumpuna Road, Arima, which the police service has been renting for a while.” Ramesar said the warehouse which was rented at $100,000 per month for three years also housed other items for the police service. The uniforms brought in by Gibbs were rejected outright by members of the association who saw it as “undesirable to wear, not so much in terms that it was a new uniform, but moreso its unsuitability for our environment, the design, colour, it smacked of neo-Colonialism, members were not consulted and did not appeal to them,” Ramesar said. [ Click the link to read this article in full guardian.co.tt/news/2014-08-02/ramesar-gibbs%E2%80%99-police-uniforms-stored-arima-warehouse ]
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 14:30:01 +0000