ComPol says Dismissed Cop had Multiple Signs of Cartel Activity

A veteran cop was recently dismissed from the Belize Police Department after twenty-one years of service. Reports suggest this officer was named in a cartel note found with the body of missing man Raheem Usher. Although Commissioner of Police Chester Williams denied that Usher’s death was linked to cartel activity, the officer was subsequently dismissed after allegations of him being involved in cartel activity. Additionally, two other officers were named in a note accusing them of facilitating a drug plane landing, but they were released after questioning due to lack of evidence. Commissioner Williams shared more details on the incident.

 

Reporter

“These people, their names are on a paper or on a I should say, on a satellite phone related to this entire narco activity in Graham Creek.”

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“No, that’s not true. Their names are not on no satellite phone and you cannot compare this with the previous case. It’s like compare night and day, The circumstances involving that particular officer it is not just today that we have been hearing about him. It has been for a very long time. There have been numerous information obtained as it relates to his involvement in these illicit activities, and so it’s not the same. So I would hope that you divorce the two and do not keep them together, no. The job of the commissioner is not an easy one, you have to make some very tough decisions. And I guess that’s ehat makes good leadership. Good leaders, being able to make tough decisions. Even when it is not popular.  As I said to you earlier, that there have been many allegations in respect of that individual. And the thing is that even the people who works with him were not comfortable working with him because of the allegations that they were hearing. They were fearful that they would be at work with him, and then people would come and target him, and then they’d become victims of that. So it’s, it was not an easy decision to be made, but it was one. I believe that was necessary.”