A shocking on-duty murder at a local municipal police facility has triggered urgent disciplinary action across Trinidad and Tobago’s law enforcement oversight bodies, after Attorney General John Jeremie publicly pushed for swift accountability in the killing of Municipal Police Corporal Anuska Eversley.
Eversley was fatally attacked last Sunday while on duty at the San Fernando Municipal Police Station, a crime that has sent shockwaves through the country’s public safety community and raised urgent questions about internal discipline within municipal law enforcement. In an official letter dated April 21, 2026, addressed to Dr. Gloria Edwards-Joseph, chair of the Statutory Authorities Service Commission (SASC)—the body responsible for disciplinary oversight of statutory public officers including municipal police—Jeremie stressed that the unprecedented nature of the crime demanded immediate, decisive action.
Key details of the investigation, confirmed by Jeremie in his correspondence, reveal that the primary suspect in Eversley’s murder is a serving municipal police officer, and multiple other officers were on the station’s compound when both the killing and an associated heist took place. Jeremie emphasized that as the official guardian of public interest, the SASC could not afford to delay action, noting that disciplinary authority over affected officers falls explicitly under the commission’s constitutional and statutory mandates.
“It would be remiss of your office, as guardians of the public interest, to not take swift action and treat the matter with urgency,” Jeremie wrote. “I hope that within your authority, appropriate urgent and decisive action is taken consistent with your constitutional and statutory mandates.”
Edwards-Joseph confirmed in her response to the Attorney General that the commission has already acted on a formal recommendation from Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro, voting to immediately suspend five municipal police officers—three men and two women—including one serving Superintendent, pending the final outcome of the criminal investigation. Official suspension notices have already been delivered to all five officers, directing them to cease reporting for duty immediately.
The commission also addressed a second recommendation from Guevarro to suspend Assistant Commissioner of Municipal Police Surendra Sagramsingh. However, Sagramsingh’s employment status falls outside the SASC’s jurisdiction: he serves as a contract officer directly employed by the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government. In line with this, Acting Permanent Secretary of the ministry Peter Mitchell issued his own notice to Sagramsingh on the same date, April 21, 2026, ordering him to take immediate paid administrative leave to protect the integrity of the ongoing homicide investigation. The ministry’s letter explicitly clarifies that Sagramsingh’s leave is a purely precautionary measure and does not represent a finding of misconduct or liability on his part.