This episode addresses the question: Is Trinidad and Tobago a police state? It examines the actions of the Police Commissioner and members of the police related to police killings and the high level of violent crime in 2018. It will look at the recent appointment of the Police Commissioner and interventions of the police with respect to the management of violent crime and his approaches so far.

We specifically analyse recent police killings and the implications of the recent overzealousness associated with the ‘one shoot, one kill’ policy pronounced by the Commissioner of Police. We discuss whether this might be leading us to a police state and how should civil society react based on the principles of transparency, legitimacy and accountability of the police.

The crisis in policing, violent crime and the state's attention to the issue by way of the Police Service is comprehensively dissected. We provide sober, bold and compelling analysis of this important issue affecting the lives of ordinary citizens, victims, and communities in Trinidad and Tobago.