GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Police Commissioner says members of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) not too long ago seized a firearm utilized in at the least 5 murders in Jamaica.
Talking with reporters, Commissioner Derek Byrne, who shall be leaving the put up in lower than per week, mentioned one of many many enhancements he has presided over over the past seven years was the event of ballistics. Based mostly on this, the territory is now a regional hub for firearms forensics.
Since he took over the reins of the RCIPS, Byrne has presided over essentially the most vital budgets in its historical past, including that the enhancements of the service led to notable successes, equivalent to connecting the gun, which had made its means right here and is now a part of a big investigation, with the 5 killings in Jamaica courting again to 2019.
He mentioned that the connection with Jamaica stays vital as that is the place lots of the weapons discovered right here originate, in addition to being a supply for many marijuana and different drug shipments.
Nevertheless, as he passes the baton to Commissioner Designate Kurt Walton, a profession RCIPS officer, after fulfilling the succession plan aim to exchange himself with a Caymanian, crime remains to be a priority following a summer season marred by robberies at eating places, gasoline stations, and small grocery shops.
He famous that two main points throughout his tenure had been the necessity to enhance neighborhood policing and cope with site visitors points, particularly the disproportionate quantity of significant crashes.
The commissioner mentioned he’s abandoning a distinct police service to the one he discovered and leaving it within the succesful arms of Walton, who will take the RCIPS ahead.
However Byrne, who’s returning to his native Eire, mentioned it was not straightforward “strolling away from the Cayman Islands,” which he mentioned was “a superb place” the place he had labored with “a number of the finest women and men ever” in his profession.
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