The Community Oriented Policing Unit’s Flip the Script initiative, launched on September 16th, 2026, has already begun showing positive results.
TTPS Media Ambassador, Sergeant Devonn Jagroop, said the programme is making an early impact through its engagement with students and efforts to promote positive behavioural change.
Union Claxton Bay Secondary was the first school to benefit from the programme and, according to Sergeant Jagroop, 200 students took part in the session, which he described as lively and highly interactive.
He added that the early response has been encouraging, with signs that the programme is already making an impact among participants.
“They talked about pressure from their peers. They spoke about conflicts that start on social media that end up in the school. They spoke about in some cases where persons from on the outside try to draw them into negative activities. And some of them are dealing with serious problems at home. So many of them just want someone to listen to them and this is why the officers are there and we encourage them to be part of this programme.”
He noted that the purpose of the Flip The Script Programme is to provide young people with positive alternatives to the challenges and negative influences they may be facing, helping to steer them towards more constructive paths.
“We give them something to do, somewhere to go whether that’s through the Police Youth Club or through the TTPS Junior Band or a mentor. It has to be someone who stays in their life and not just to hear a message once.”
Sergeant Jagroop added that the students showed a strong interest in music, which has emerged as one of the key areas of engagement during the programme’s activities.
“The leader of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Band, he introduced students to some of the instruments and exactly how the sounds come together to make a full band. And what was remarkable about that is that fifteen students from the school expressed great willingness to want to join the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Youth Band.”
The Programme targets 17 priority schools across Trinidad and Tobago, aiming to tackle youth safety through proactive measures that build supportive mentorship paths.