Top of­fi­cials from the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) con­tin­ue to re­main mum re­gard­ing the in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to po­lice com­mis­sion­er Er­la Hare­wood-Christo­pher.

Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Ju­nior Ben­jamin would on­ly as­sure the pub­lic that the in­ves­ti­ga­tors were do­ing their due dili­gence in the on­go­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

“This mat­ter with the com­mis­sion­er of po­lice is at a very sen­si­tive stage and it is ac­tive­ly be­ing in­ves­ti­gat­ed,” the act­ing top cop said dur­ing a me­dia brief­ing at the Po­lice Ad­min­is­tra­tion Build­ing, Port-of-Spain.

“We are at the point where the mat­ter is be­fore the DPP and we await, at this time, the ad­vice of the DPP.”

He fur­ther as­sured, “The TTPS con­tin­ues to deal with this mat­ter in a very pro­fes­sion­al man­ner and to en­sure the high­est lev­el of in­tegri­ty in the way that we con­duct this in­ves­ti­ga­tion.”

Hare­wood-Christo­pher and for­mer di­rec­tor of the Strate­gic Ser­vices Agency (SSA), Ma­jor Roger Best, have both been ques­tioned by in­ves­ti­ga­tors in the on­go­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the ac­qui­si­tion of two sniper ri­fles for the SSA.

Al­though the two were ini­tial­ly de­tained and ar­rest­ed in the last week of Jan­u­ary and tak­en in­to cus­tody, they were both re­leased on Feb­ru­ary 1 with­out any charges be­ing laid.

The in­ves­ti­ga­tion is be­ing led by Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice, In­tel­li­gence and In­ves­ti­ga­tions, Suzette Mar­tin.