Police are asking the public to bear with them as they mourn the loss of one of their own. The call has come from head of the Barbados Police Association, Mervin Grace, who said some officers were receiving counselling following last Saturday’s shooting death of Acting Station Sergeant Newton Lewis. “I have already made calls to the administration to have some counselling for a number of members. When we communicate …
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Article by April 9, 2021
As the controversy builds surrounding the intervention of Prime Minister Mia Mottley in a Good Friday incident involving police officers and the owner of The Cook Shop at Deacons Road, St Michael, the police chief is adamant he has nothing to say on the matter.
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Barbados TODAY reached out to Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith this morning for comment, this media house was told by his Staff Officer Acting Superintendent Sonia Boyce that the Prime Minister had already spoken and that Griffith won’t be making any statement.
February 3, 2021
Against the backdrop of the closure of two police stations and the quarantine of the entire canine unit due to the discovery of several law enforcers testing positive for COVID-19, their bargaining body is expressing deep concern about the treatment being meted out to members.
President of the Barbados Police Association (BPA) Mervin Grace said today that too many complaints are being made to the executive of officers being told to turn up for duty even though they are still awaiting COVID-19 test results.
“That is a complaint I have been hearing for a while. I don’t think it is the policy of the force, but that is what I have been hearing from a lot of members that they are asked to come out before receiving results and I don’t think it is right. But we are waiting to hear from the administration on this issue,” Grace told