Gary Griffith

Gary Griffith
Gary Griffith
	Gary Griffith speaking in 2019
Commissioner of Police
	In office; 6 August 2018 – 15 September 2020
Minister of National Security
	In office; 6 September 2013 – 2 February 2015
Personal details
Party	National Transformation Alliance

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Gary Griffith is a former commissioner of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, serving between August 2018 to August 2021 Under the previous government, led by a coalition including the party currently in Opposition, he had been appointed as Minister of National Security in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday 6 September 2013.

Between May 2010 and September 2013, he served as National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister. Griffith was a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force for 15 years, where he attained the rank of captain in 1998. He retired his Commissioned Officer position in May 2005. This attainment to the rank of captain was achieved after just six years service, which was an unprecedented achievement. He was the first military officer from this country to return home with a United Nations Peacekeeping Medal. He received the Efficiency decoration medal [EDM] for 12 years distinguished service and the Meritorious medal for duties performed during the 1990 attempted coup in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.