132 curfew breaches recorded by RVIPF- CoP Matthews
"I am pleased to say the vast majority are complying... of this figure, there were only 23 arrests," Mr Matthews told Virgin Islands News Online (VINO).
Over the course of the curfew period, Mr Matthews told VINO that the community has been largely supportive and the vast majority of complaint came from a few individuals who believed the law and the curfew did not apply to them.
The RVIPF; however, came under public criticism recently when videos emerged of a youth from East End and a homeless person in Road Town being tased in separate incidents, while appearing to be of no threat to police at the time.
Persons who fled apartment complex accounted for- CoP
Meanwhile, Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) had announced on Saturday, April 18, 2020, that several individuals who resided in the same compound of the Filipino female who died of COVID-19 had fled the apartment complex where they resided.
Their actions had heightened fears in the community that many could now be at risk of contracting the virus as a result of these individuals.
VINO reached out to Hon Malone for an update on whether the individuals were tracked; however, no response was received up to publication time.
According to CoP Matthews; however, "the identification of all persons at the location was led by the Health Emergency Operations Centre, not the RVIPF. I understand everybody has been accounted for," he noted.
With the curfew set to lift in a matter of days, having no major spike in COVID-19 cases since the 14-day lockdown was extended on Sunday, April 19, 2020, CoP Matthews said it has been a fairly quiet curfew period and recorded crime is generally down.
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24 Responses to “132 curfew breaches recorded by RVIPF- CoP Matthews”
The failure to enforce laws,rules and regulations in the VI is troubling.
Crime is crime but let the police department get more tuff on serious crime and you wonder why residents do give information to police. The people under restrictions from 27 March until 26 April: crime is crime and will understand if a person is found committing crimes such as building breaking in conjunction with violating the curfew: the police have the power of arrest likewise the power to issue you a warning after you were warned by police and you are found in violation again them should be arrested
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