Police Complaints Authority Probes Strip Search by Tobago Officers

Carla Batson-Orr is suing the Division of Education,
Youth Affairs and Sport (DEYAS)
after she said she was forced to undergo a strip search. 
photo courtesy express

The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) is investigating the circumstances surrounding the strip search of Carla Batson-Orr, a monitoring and evaluation officer at the Division of Education, Youth Affairs and Sport in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA).

This was disclosed in a letter to Martin George and Company, which is representing Batson-Orr in the matter. The letter to attorney George states: “The Police Complaints Authority acknowledges receipt of your correspondence, dated September 12. The PCA will review the contents of your complaint, and revert to you soonest.” The letter was signed by the PCA’s senior legal officer, Lisa-Marie Robertson.

On September 9, Batson-Orr, a mother of five, was stripped of her clothing at an office of the Education Division, in search of a computer flash drive that went missing a few days before.

Tobago Police Officers Strip Search Woman at Work in the Division of Education

nightmares: Carla Batson-Orr is suing the Division of Education,
Youth Affairs and Sport (DEYAS)
after she said she was forced to undergo a strip search. 
photo courtesy express

Monitoring and evaluation officer at the Division of Education, Youth Affairs and Sport (DEYAS), Carla Batson-Orr, is suing the division, after claiming she was forced to undergo a strip search by the police at an office of the division in Tobago, on Monday. 

Her private parts were also searched by two female police officers. The police were searching for  a flash drive that went missing last Thursday, Batson-Orr claims.   

When she got to work Batson-Orr was approached by the human resource co-ordinator of the Division of Education, Ginelle Williams, who told her a flash drive was missing.

  

Her lawyers, Martin George and Company, told the Express Batson-Orr was also immediately summoned to the office of DEYAS administrator, Allison Lawrence.