Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 20, 2020 (RSCNPF): The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force has a lot to be proud of for the role of its Officers in the implementation of the CariSECURE project. Their efforts, as well as those of the National Team, and the Police Force’s weekly radio show “Policing With You” were highlighted in the August-October 2020 edition of the CariSECURE Newsletter.
The radio programme received a full-page write-up in an article entitled CariSECURE PIF Featured on National Radio in Saint Kitts and Nevis. The article states that “The CariSECURE Project was given a boost in visibility as part of a Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF)-initiated special education and awareness campaign to increase public knowledge of the recently introduced Police Incident Form (PIF).” The popular weekly programme is aired every Thursday at 9:15 a.m. on ZIZ Radio and is streamed live on the Facebook pages of ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation and The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, in addition to ZIZ’s Youtube Channel.
On that particular edition, CariSECURE Readiness Manager for the RSCNPF, Superintendent Cromwell Henry and Data Manager, Sergeant Winston Thompson, provided information about the Police Incident Form that is now being used by the Police. The article notes that information coming out of the Police Public Relations Department shows that the programme “reached a wide cross section of Kittitians and Nevisians at home and across the diaspora. In addition to the many individuals who tuned in via radio, the listenership included approximately 2,000 persons from ZIZ’s Facebook page and over 900 more on the Police Force’s page.”
Also in the newsletter is an article entitled Nine Caribbean Countries Leading the Way in Data-Driven Crime Prevention in which it states that nine Caribbean countries are leading the way in data-driven crime prevention and are now certified in Crime Analysis. Among the nine countries is St. Kitts and Nevis from which a team – that included Police Officers – recently participated in a 7-month Regional Crime Analysis Training Course with the Arizona State University. This course was meant to bolster the individual and collective competencies of beneficiary territories to enhance regional citizen security and employ reliable data to crime prevention efforts. Several countries and agencies received an Honorary Mention and Special Awards for case studies and course projects including St. Kitts and Nevis whose team received a Special Award for Best Tactical Analysis Report thanks largely to Sergeant Thompson’s hard work.
In another article in the newsletter entitled CariSECURE Initiates Project Working Groups (PWGs) in Target Countries, it explains that CariSECURE’s Team Leader John Walcott introduced the PWG concept during the recently held series of National Task Force meetings and urged beneficiary countries to set about establishing these bodies with haste. “Since Mr. Walcott’s call to action, the teams in St. Kitts and Nevis have been proactive in establishing their PWG and have already held two meetings…” the article states. Superintendent Henry and Sergeant Thompson represent the Police Force in that Group.
]]>Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 27, 2020 (RSCNPF): The Police are investigating the death of 59-year-old Sandra Adams who was found dead in her home on September 26, 2020.
The Police responded to a call from Emergency Medical Service Personnel from Adams’s home in Stonefort Heights Project. Upon their arrival, Adams was found unresponsive in her room with a cord wrapped about her neck. The circumstances surrounding the incident are unclear and investigations into the matter are ongoing. Personnel from the Forensic Unit visited and processed the scene. An autopsy is expected to be carried out shortly to determine the exact cause of death.
The Police are appealing to persons who might have information regarding this incident to contact the Violent Crime Unit by dialing 467-1887, 467-1888, 662-3468 or the nearest Police Station.
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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 16, 2020 (ZIZ News): Four suspects are in police custody in connection with a robbery in the Frigate Bay area on Wednesday.
A police source said investigations are still underway but confirmed that the firearms were also found in the arrest.
We’ll have more information as it becomes available.
]]>Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 12, 2020 (RSCNPF): The Police are investigating a non-fatal shooting incident that occurred sometime after 1 a.m. on Saturday, September 12, 2020, in Parson Ground.
Preliminary investigations so far have revealed that 38-year-old Devon Whattley of St. Paul’s was inside his mother’s house in Parson Ground when unknown assailants fired a number of shots through the window. He was transported to the JNF Hospital via the ambulance. An x-ray has revealed that he received a single gunshot wound and the bullet is lodged behind his spine.
The Police are appealing to persons who might have information regarding this incident to contact the Violent Crime Unit by dialing 467-1887, 467-1888, 662-3468 or the nearest Police Station. Investigations into the matter are ongoing.
]]>Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 6, 2020 (ZIZ News): Thorne Flemming of Old Road has been arrested and charged for the offence of Murder.
According to a police press statement Flemming for whom a Wanted Poster had been issued, turned himself in to the Police on Wednesday, August 05, 2020. He was accompanied by his lawyer.
He is charged for the murder of 26-year-old Donte Samuel of Old Road which occurred on July 02, 2020.
According to a police report close to 4 p.m. on Tuesday JULY 2ND an altercation between several persons occurred in Old Road.
During the incident, Samuel was stabbed in the chest and 31-year-old Quezney Watson, also of Old Road, received a wound to his left eye.
They were both transported to the JNF Hospital in private vehicles.
Samuel was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Hospital.
Thorne Flemming has been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison.
Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 6, 2020 (ZIZ News):On Thursday’s episode of “Policing with You”, Host, Sergeant Treveron Richards was joined by Sergeant in charge of the Special Victim’s Unit, Consie Rogers and Constable Patrice Dore who is also attached to the unit to discuss the topic of domestic abuse.
Sergeant Rogers explained some of the signs of abuse.
“For example you may find someone wearing what we call a high neck shirt, a turtle neck shirt and still a scarf and they have on shades that’s because they probably hiding scars and bruises from the constant physical abuse and sometimes they try to find excuses as to why they’re wearing long sleeve and such.”
She added that another sign of abuse is when someone has their partner in isolation and control their every move.
Sergeant Rogers also highlighted some of the classifications of abuse under the Domestic Violence Act noting that those actions are against the law.
“Domestic violence under the Domestic Violence Act is any conduct that constitutes domestic violence these include violence that result in or likely to result in physical and sexual suffering, psychological suffering, threats of violence, coercion, arbitrary deprivation of liberty, molestation, conduct of an offensive or harassing nature, conduct which amounts to psychological abuse, intimidation or persecution and final abuse. Regardless of the nature of the offence under crime these actions are against the law.”
Corporal Dore explained some of the challenges that the police face when investigating these cases.
“A person will make a report and you will try to follow up on the report where they refuse to answer their phone. They refuse to answer the police either to visit their homes to see what’s going on or refusing to give the police a statement, refusing to cooperate with the police where the police would inform them that the police can take the matter before the court. Some of them in the heat of the moment they would say that they would want to go to court but when the police come to follow up on the report they already change they mind because everything cool down and I guess everything is back to normal.”
“Policing with You” airs every Thursday morning at 9:15 am on ZIZ radio during the “Morning Show” and streamed live on ZIZ’s social media platforms.
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