Snaggs orders evacuation of Gasparillo station

ACTING Commiss-ioner of Police Everald Snaggs yesterday gave instructions for the immediate evacuation of all officers at the Gasparillo Police Station, part of which caved in on Friday night. Snaggs said he gave the instructions to Cuthbert George, fac-ility manager of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TT-PS).  “The safety of the officers is paramount,” he said. The senior officer added that it was only on Thursday that he visited the Gasparillo Station and recognised the dilapidated conditions.

However, Snaggs assured the officers of that station that Government has plans in place to build a new station.  In the interim, however, the officers will be occupying a nearby facility. Snaggs said the current telephone numbers of the Gasparillo Police Station would remain the same and would not affect the general public. Reached yesterday, Police Welfare Ass-ociation president Insp Christopher Hol-der said the Gaspari-llo Station had been condemned and said the La Brea station is in a similar situation. “We are going to ensure that the La Brea officers are immediately removed.  It is in a very bad state,” Holder said.  Snaggs also said he expects to tour other police stations to examine their conditions.