WPC Nakila Thomas died at the Couva Hopsital on Saturday night, after a brief battle with Covid-19.

The WPC, age 27, was last attached to the Road Policing Task Force of the Traffic and Highway Patrol Branch.

“Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith, the executive, and officers of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), extend deepest condolences to the family of No. 19595 WPC Nakila Thomas,” a statement from the TTPS read on Sunday.

WPC Thomas dedicated seven years to the TTPS after enlisting on May 26th 2014.

Senior Superintendent Traffic and Highway Patrol Branch, Mr. Wayne Mystar described her as “a pillar of strength at the Road Policing Task Force who performed her duties with admiration from her peers.”

WPC Thomas, who was from Maracas, St. Joseph, leaves to mourn two sisters and a brother.