Ewatski resigns post in Trinidad and Tobago
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FORMER Winnipeg top cop Jack Ewatski resigned, along with his boss, from the Trinidad and Tobago police after a squabble with the country’s political leaders over the best way to fight crime, news sources from the Caribbean nation reported.
Both resignations take effect Aug. 7. Each had more than a year to run on three-year contracts.
Ewatski, the former chief of the Winnipeg Police Service, took the job of deputy police commissioner for the Trinidad and Tobago police. He was one of three deputies who reported to commissioner Dwayne Gibbs, who is also from Canada.
The resignations, written in letters dated July 26, followed criticism by the country’s minister of national security over the policing system under Gibbs.
A news report from The Sunday Guardian said the pair were about to be fired, if they didn’t quit.
The resignations were made public by the Trinidad Express after an announcement by the country’s prime minister Monday.
The prime minister’s statement, as reported by the nation’s media, suggests Gibbs and Ewatski weren’t tough enough on crime.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was quoted as saying there is an urgency to guarantee the nation’s safety and security.
“No measure will be spared against those who seek to terrorize and brutalize our elderly folk, our women, our children and our men. The national outrage has reached a stage where everyone agrees stronger and more aggressive initiatives are required,” she said.
Ewatski stepped down as police chief in Winnipeg in 2007 after being in the job for nine years.
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