Retired subordinate police officers were on Thursday granted permission to appeal a decision to deny them the gratuities that senior officers receive.
Raymond Rolle, who represents the officers, said that Justice Indra Charles approved an application for judicial review of the decision.
Rolle maintains that the subordinate officers are entitled to the gratuity payments by the Police Act. It's been a longstanding practice to only pay gratuities to officers of the rank of Inspector and above, Rolle said.
According to chapter 191, section 66 of the Police Act (1965), any police officer having completed not less than ten years of continuous service, retires from the force at an age other than that at which or in circumstances other than those in which he may be granted a pension in respect of such service, the governor general, acting in accordance with the advice of the Police Service Commission, may grant to such officer in respect of each year of such service, a gratuity amounting to 2.5 percent of his salary at the date of his retirement.
The application for leave was granted in the absence of a representative from the Attorney General's Office, who will represent the commissioner of police. Rolle and a representative from the Attorney General's Office will appear before Charles on January 27 for a directions hearing.

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