Police Unable to Spare Resources for Increased Court Security

Today, when asked if he could spare officers for the Magistrates Court, the Commissioner of Police suggested hiring security guards to assist the police. Williams explained that the department’s resources are already stretched thin, and the lower court isn’t as high a priority as the High Court.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“We do have a number of police officer working at the Magistrate court. We don’t provide security for the Magistrates Court as we do for the High Court. I tis a very tough one because we are really constrained with police officer. Everybody wants police and we only have so much. We have some areas of concern where we must maintain our presence. Mr. Romero, I don’t know how he is doing right now, but he must be good at playing chess. He has to constantly be moving people around to meet the policing demands. We cant wait until the next recruit squad to come out to complement some areas. We have the police station in Trial Farm that has been completed. We have to find police to man that station. We do have increase of number in Bella Vista, Teakettle. We are putting a police station in Teakettle. It is a lot. I cant really promise but I would advise they hire security to assist police in that area.”