12 officers transferred from AKS

The officers received telephone messages yesterday stating that they had been transferred, with 14 days notice.

The transferred officers underwent polygraph tests over a period of time and the results were submitted to the office of the commissioner, but it was unclear if the transfers were based on the polygraph tests.

At least two of the transferred officers admitted to having received transfer notices yesterday. The officers said they were not informed of the impending transfers, since they fall under the CID and now stand to lose their commuted allowances.

CID officers receive allowances apart from their salary.

Up to yesterday, uniformed officers were still awaiting a decision on whether overtime allowances will be paid before Christmas.

Deputy Police Commissioner Glen Roach said the money was not available for payments to be made, and he could not say when the matter would be rectified.

As a result of the situation, the transferred officers feel that hard times are now ahead for them.

Even senior officers of the AKS told Newsday that the transfers came as a shock to them because the AKS is already short of manpower.

The officers added that none of the transferred officers was under investigation so the transfers came as a surprise to them.

Newsday learnt that the transferred officers will be replaced by other officers within 14 days.

The Stephen Mastrofsky recommendation includes mandatory polygraph testing for officers in specialised units.

Even new recruits in the Police Service underwent polygraph tests.

Mastrofsky was hired by Government to transform the Police Service.