ComPol on Faber “It’s A Sad Day for Belize.”

Today, reporters asked the Commissioner of Police for his thoughts on Patrick Faber’s statements. He was also questioned on whether the police can mandate Faber to hand over the surveillance footage. ComPol Williams says he was appalled by the statement and that it is a sad day for Belize.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“I was very appalled by the statement from the area representative for Collet. I don’t think that is something he should be happy about. The issue of fighting crime is everybody’s business. For you to be in the House criticizing the police  for not being effective in fighting crime and here you are as the area representative who is being paid by the people of this country you have information not just of a Crime but of a woman being raped and to say you would not share the footage to police I think it is a sad day for us. You are basically saying to the nation that you are a contributor to the problem. You can’t expect that the police is going to be everywhere. If you want to criticize the police you give them information and if they do nothing with it you can criticize them. But for you to have the information to help the police solve this crime and you do not do so then you are apart of the problem.”

 

Reporter

“Is there anything the police can do to force him to surrender this footage?”

 

Chester Williams

“Well I know now. I have already given information to the investigators to go and recover this footage and if he does not provide it section twenty of the Indictable Procedure Act gives the police authority to be able to use a search warrant and retrieve the footage. The police will be doing that to make sure we get the footage with a view to see if we can solve this crime.”