PSC DELIVERS PROMOTION DECISIONS

A total of 145 Police Promotions Appeals have been determined by the Police Service Commission (PSC) by decisions handed down in two test cases.

A statement from the PSC, the two tests cases – Promotional Appeal 9 of 2011 Prakash Mathura Sgt No.12711 vs Commissioner of Police and Promotional Appeal 45 of 2011 Sheldon Mayers PC No.13186 vs. Commissioner of Police — were decided on in the Appeals Tribunal Court by chairman Addison Khan and Appeals Tribunal Member Martin George in the presence of the chairman and other Members of the PSC.

The parties in all 145 appeals have agreed to be bound by the decisions in the two test cases.

Now that a decision has been handed down, the PSC notes that the door is now open for hundreds of police officers to be promoted.

Extracted From: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Newspaper