ComPol Says Police Will Keep the Pressure on Criminals

We heard the Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams on the pressure that the police have been applying in areas where suspected gang and drug activities occur. In the case of Khader Habet of San Ignacio, who had complained that the police had searched his residence over a dozen times in the past few weeks, Williams said that Habet had become a person of interest for police after a significant amount of drugs and a number of firearms were found stashed away in a lot adjacent to his property. Williams sent the warning to all persons of interest across the country that the police will not let up.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“I have said to the S.P.U. that operates in the San Ignacio, Santa Elena area, as well as the police in San Ignacio and Santa Elena, that I want them to keep constant pressure on those persons who live to make the lives of all our abiding people miserable. And so if you are a part of the crime world, you will see the police and you’ll see the police every day. If it reaches a point that they get frustrated and have to move and go somewhere else, then so shall it be. But we will do what needs to be done to keep the people of San Ignacio/Santa Elena safe and by extension the entire country because I have also said to the other commanders across the country that every area that is known to be a gang base or a drug base or a criminal base, we have to go after them and we must go at them intensely. The public has always been complaining that the police know who the criminals are and these criminals move around freely and do what they want. Well we’re taking a stand now and I would hope that the people are going to support us in what we’re doing because it has been done with the view to ensure that the masses of this country are safe. So I hear the complaints of Mr. Habet, but we’ll continue to do what needs to be done.”