Retired members of the Transit Police Unit yesterday protested the non-payment of gratuity to them from 2009 to 2015.
Approximately ten retired officers stood outside the Vehicle Management Corporation of T&T (VMCOTT) on the Priority Bus Route.
The Transit Police Unit was formed in 2005 to supplement the Police Service to man the Priority Bus Route, City Gate and the Diego Martin taxi stand.
Spokesman for the group, retired officer Philbert Lendor, said the officers have retained the services of attorney Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj and showed a letter which they sent to his office last month.
However, Maharaj was not available for comment yesterday.
In a brief interview yesterday, Lendor said: “We were paid gratuity between 2005 to 2009 and then after that we were transferred to the Office of Law Enforcement Policy from 2009 and then things started to go badly.”
The officers claimed they have not been paid any gratuity between 2009 and 2015 and some have retired during that time and still were unable to collect it.
“We can’t pay our bills or car loans and we could not get any sick leave or vacation leave. The women police can’t even get maternity leave,” Lendor said.
He added some of the officers were sent home while others were kept back and promoted.