Understanding the police complaints process in Trinidad and Tobago
Police officers wield considerable amounts of power over citizens in almost every jurisdiction where policing is practised. With this in mind, it is imperative that national governments and police departments have systems in place to hold police officers accountable for their actions when they run a...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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The Palgrave handbook of Caribbean criminology
Year: 2024, Pages: 771-791 |
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| Summary: | Police officers wield considerable amounts of power over citizens in almost every jurisdiction where policing is practised. With this in mind, it is imperative that national governments and police departments have systems in place to hold police officers accountable for their actions when they run afoul of the law and/or whenever reports of misconduct are lodged against them either internally or externally. Due to the shared colonial history and geographical location, many police departments in the Anglophone Caribbean have mechanisms (internal and external) in place to manage reports lodged against police officers for misconduct. The majority of these complaint mechanisms emanate from England due to the Caribbean’s past colonial attachment to England and are generally found in many Anglophone Caribbean police departments. It is argued that in the interest of impartiality, processes by which citizens seek recompense against police misconduct should be independent of direct police influence, however, this is not always the case. This chapter provides an overview of the police complaints process in Trinidad and Tobago. The authors of this chapter submit that though this chapter’s focus is on Trinidad and Tobago, the contents can easily be juxtaposed onto other Anglophone Caribbean countries due to the similar structure of police departments, histories and cultures throughout the region. As a result, a brief overview of police complaints mechanisms in several Caribbean islands is also provided. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 788-791 |
| ISBN: | 9783031523779 |
