FORMER T & T POLICE COMMISSIONER PASSES AWAY

Noor Kenny Mohammed

June 4th 2013: Discipline, tolerance and production.

The very watchwords of Trinidad and Tobago are the virtues by which former Police Commissioner Noor Kenny Mohammed lived his life and executed his duties, according to Deputy Police Commissioner Mervyn Richardson.

Mohammed died last Saturday afternoon, more than a year after having suffered a stroke at his La Florissante, D’Abadie home in January 2012.

Members of the Police Service, including retired officers, attended the funeral at the house of mourning on La Resource North Road yesterday to pay their respects, among them Richardson, who is acting as Police Commissioner for Stephen Williams who is out of the country.

His wife succumbed to cancer a few years ago. He would have turned 76 on June 14. Mohammed was buried at Foster Road Cemetery, Sangre Grande, according to Muslim rites.

Members of the Police Service, including retired officers, attended the funeral at the house of mourning on La Resource North Road yesterday to pay their respects, among them Richardson, who is acting as Police Commissioner for Stephen Williams who is out of the country.

Mohammed, who was Commissioner of Police from 1996 to 1998, leaves behind a legacy of “community policing” in the Police Service.

“He saw every police officer, not as an individual but as a collective of the whole, and to promote total relationship between the community and the people that we serve,” said Richardson in an interview following the service. Mohammed also personified the national watchwords.

“Discipline; he was an extremely disciplined officer. Tolerance; a very tolerant man. You could ask no more of him. He bonded all the men around him,” Richardson said. “Production; he was one who was always punctual, worked hard, and you could depend on him.”

Richardson said he hoped the current crop of police officers will emulate these lessons of Mohammed’s legacy.

“His name is indelibly written in the records of the Police Service,” said Richardson.

Former Senior Superintendent of Police, Gregory Mendes, remembered Mohammed as “one of the most sincere executive members of the Police Service”, who established good channels of communication with all of his officers. Mohammed is survived by his five children. His wife succumbed to cancer a few years ago. He would have turned 76 on June 14. Mohammed was buried at Foster Road Cemetery, Sangre Grande, according to Muslim rites.

 

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