11/06/2026
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๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ณ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต
The reason this country continues to suffer under a State of Emergency is simple: Trinidad and Tobago now has the most incompetent Minister of Homeland Security in its history.
Roger Alexander has created history. Just when people thought Fitzgerald Hinds was the most clueless Minister to ever hold responsibility for national security, Roger Alexander has now made Hinds look like James Bond.
Every time Roger Alexander opens his mouth, he exposes how little he understands about governance, policing, procurement, crime prevention, technology, and national security management. He continues to make wild, reckless accusations about the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service being left in debt, while hiding behind vague statements, parliamentary privilege, and cowardly innuendo.
So let me say this clearly.
Roger Alexander, if you are referring to me, call my name.
Stop being a coward. Say my name outside of Parliament. State clearly what you are accusing me of. Identify the alleged wrongdoing. Name the transaction. Name the persons involved. Name the procurement breach. Name the investigation. And explain why, after all these years, there has never been any finding of wrongdoing.
But you cannot do that, because what you are doing is not governance. It is jealousy, political mischief, and an inferiority complex dressed up as ministerial responsibility.
The Minister should know, if he had even a basic understanding of how the Police Service operates, that a Commissioner of Police does not simply wake up one morning, spend millions of dollars, and bind the organisation recklessly. That is not how the system works.
Every major acquisition goes through procurement, finance, administration, senior officers, tender procedures, approvals, invoices, oversight, and several layers of review. In many instances, more than thirty persons may be involved before a major procurement item reaches the Office of the Commissioner of Police.
So when Roger Alexander attacks these acquisitions, he is not only attacking Gary Griffith. He is attacking the credibility, professionalism, legality, and integrity of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service itself.
Is he saying all those senior police officers, procurement officers, finance officers, administrators, and public servants were corrupt? Is he saying they all participated in something illegal? If that is his claim, then let him say so openly. Call their names. Present the evidence. Stop hiding behind noise.
The truth is that the technology and systems acquired during my tenure helped transform the Police Service. Public trust and confidence in the TTPS reached levels this country had not seen in years. We had visibility. We had response. We had technology. We had officers on the roads. We had systems that assisted in reducing serious crimes, responding faster, solving kidnappings, rescuing victims, targeting extortion, and improving the operational capacity of the Service.
Now, under this Ministerโs incompetence, where is the visibility? When last has the public seen consistent police presence managing traffic, reducing congestion, and creating confidence? That is not the fault of hardworking police officers. It is because systems were weakened, technology was ignored, and leadership has been replaced by political theatre.
Roger Alexander has even misled the Prime Minister into believing that the National Operations Centre should function as a dispatch system for the Police Service. That alone shows how little he understands. That is what E999 is for. A Minister of Homeland Security should know the difference.
He also chose to speak foolishly about the hockey field and astroturf facility. That again exposes his limited understanding of crime prevention. Sport is not entertainment alone. Sport is a national security tool. Sport keeps young people occupied, disciplined, focused, and away from gangs, guns, and criminal influence.
That astroturf facility was intended to benefit communities in and around Port of Spain. It was intended to give young people a proper space to play, train, compete, and channel their energy positively. Senator David Nakhid himself spoke publicly about the importance of such facilities and the need for more of them.
So yes, I would rather invest in an astroturf facility that helps young people stay away from gang activity than allow communities to be abandoned and then pretend to be shocked when crime increases.
Had that facility been properly activated after I left office, it could have generated revenue through private-sector sponsorship, billboard advertising, events, and community programmes, with funds going back into the Police Sports Club. But no business will sponsor a facility that is left dormant because of political malice, incompetence, or a failure to understand its purpose.
The same applies to body cameras, X-ray scanning equipment, and other technology. These were not toys. They were tools. Tools to protect officers. Tools to protect citizens. Tools to detect weapons and contraband. Tools to strengthen evidence. Tools to modernise policing. Tools to stop criminals before citizens are murdered.
Any serious Minister of Homeland Security should understand the value of technology in fighting crime. But Roger Alexander seems more interested in attacking what was built than explaining what he has done.
So I ask him directly:
What have you built?
What major crime-fighting initiative have you implemented?
What measurable improvement have you delivered?
What system have you strengthened?
What technology have you introduced?
What have you fixed?
Because all the public continues to get is noise, excuses, political attacks, and a Minister desperately trying to rewrite history to cover his own incompetence.
The irony is that when many officers did not want Roger Alexander promoted, I promoted him. When there were calls for him to be removed from his public-facing platform because it exposed his weaknesses, I allowed him to remain. I gave him opportunities.
And this is how he responds โ with veiled attacks, cowardly suggestions, and political mischief.
There is a word for that.
Ungrateful.
Roger Alexander must understand that being Minister of Homeland Security requires more than talking loudly. It requires intelligence, maturity, strategic thinking, institutional knowledge, respect for process, and the ability to lead without constantly attacking those who actually delivered results.
If he believes I did something wrong, call my name.
If he believes the Police Service acted illegally, call the names of the officers and public servants involved.
If he has evidence, present it.
But stop hiding. Stop misleading the country. Stop attacking the Police Service to satisfy your jealousy and inferiority complex.
Roger Alexander, I am calling you out.
You are misleading the Prime Minister. You are misleading the Parliament. You are misleading the country. And every time you speak, you expose exactly why Trinidad and Tobago is in this national security crisis.
Courtesy Gary Griffith
