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Mr David West re-appointed as Director of the PCA

Dec 13, 2024

Mr David West re-appointed as Director of the PCA

Mr. David Vere Warren West took the Oath of Office to be reappointed as a Director of the Police Complaints Authority before His Excellency, Nigel de Freitas, Acting President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, at a ceremony at the Office of the President on December 13, 2024.

Mr. David West has been the Director of the Police Complaints Authority since November 2014. Having gained an Honours degree in Economics and Law from Brunel University in Middlesex in 1992, Mr. West went on to a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London (External) and a Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School. After being called to the Bar of Trinidad and Tobago in 1996, Mr. West eventually became in 2000 the Senior Legal Executive in the Central Authority Unit of the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs. From 2004 to 2008, he was the Head of the Unit before moving into private practice at El Dorado Chambers and then becoming the Director of the Police Complaints Authority in 2014.

His Excellency Nigel de Freitas, Acting President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago thanked Mr. West for his continued service.

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