Prime Minister meets with police heads

A day after the Prime Minister called for a specialised unit of the police service free of rogue officers, he met with its hierarchy, which included Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher and divisional commanders.

Sunday's meeting is taking place at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann's. It was announced in a post on Dr Rowley's official Facebook page and that of the Office of the Prime minister.

Also at the meeting are National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds and former national security minister and Minister of Energy Stuart Young.

Accompanying a video of those in attendance, was a caption which said Rowley was meeting with "high-ranking officers" of the protective service.

At a political rally on Saturday, Rowley said there were criminal elements in the police service and there is a need for the service to be rid of them.

“We need to have vetted units, meaning groups of special police officers, men and women who are vetted to ensure that their integrity is intact. One of the problems that we have is too many criminals in the police service. So when you going after the non-police criminals, they have their friends in the police service to tip them off and we need to have vetted units.”

Rowley added that the government was prepared to pay extra to police officers who are part of the vetted units who would assist in ridding the police service, parliament, immigration and customs of criminals.

On Saturday night, Harewood-Christopher hit the streets with her officers in different police districts. It came a day after she addressed the public on rising crime.