The shake-up continues at the Strategic Services Agency (SSA), as a further ten employees have now been sent on administrative leave last week. The employees were attached to the Operations Security “Opset” Unit.
The unit was established under former SSA director Major Roger Best and was in charge of installing CCTV cameras and providing cover for agents when on field assignments
The Opset unit worked in conjunction with another unit established by Best, the Tactical Response Team (TRT), and was assembled between April and May 2023.
These units were formed to protect members of the agency and its assets, including a $28 million mobile command unit nicknamed Mamba and technicians employed to install CCTV cameras in key locations around the country.
Ten members of the TRT team were fired from the SSA on March 23 following a shake-up at the agency. They received one month’s salary and a prorated gratuity payment.
The former officers have been seeking legal counsel over their termination and were gearing up to sue the State since. Despite allegations made, none of them have been charged with wrongdoing or misbehaviour in office.