Call made for Police High Command to "divorce itself" from the politics in the Office of the PM

A call has been made for the High Command of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force to "divorce itself from the political directorate which is definitely under the control of the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of National Security."

"It is evident that statements made on sometimes the simplest of issues have a political flavour designed to hide the full truth from the general public," said an individual who requested anonymity on Tuesday for fear of victimisation.

"The Police High Command seems to be driven by the politics of the Prime Minister where everything looks and sounds good in an effort to fool the people. The Police High Command in a statement in early January 2018 said that the Carnival 2017 was 'incident free.' Yet very early December 2018, I heard the Chairman of the Carnival state in an interview on radio that the Jouvert of 2017 was stopped early 'because the police cells were full and overflowing,' the individual said.

"With the High Command in possession of that real information, it is evident they were totally unprepared for what happened for Jouvert 2018 which resulted its ending early around 10 am," the person said.

"It is evident that there is high-level political interference of the operations of the police and it needs to come to an end if the country is to believe the police when they issue statements on crime statistics or other matters. We the people should not have to second guess the police. In fact, the police need to stay away from Prime Minister Harris' press conferences to show its total independence and not being held hostage or under his influence at his press conferences to say what he wants them to tell the country," said the individual.