Cop’s carnival capers not a protocol breach
(CNS): The RCIPS has confirmed that there is no investigation into the motorcycle cop at the centre of a viral video on social media that shows the officer astride his police bike while a female CayMAS Carnival dancer, riding pillion, is whining on the officer. But officials said the police were exempt from the social distancing protocols that had been imposed for Saturday’s carnival. The police also confirmed that there were no major incidents of violence at the carnival or COVID-19 protocol issues, though nine people were arrested for driving under the influence.
While social media was awash with complaints about protocol breaches, excessively lewd behaviour in the streets as well as drunken brawls breaking out, it appears there is little record of such events. Organisers of CayMAS 2021 said it had been a successful event which would not have been possible without the people’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Thank you to all of our participants for getting vaccinated in order for the parade to happen,” organisers said on social media. “Thank you to the Minister of Tourism and the Government for allowing us back on the Road… the Mas Bands and the many volunteers and staff to pull this off… and to the RCIPS for the hard work keeping us safe.”
Carnival dancers had been required to be vaccinated before they could jump and, as was the case with the Pride parade the week before, spectators and dancers were supposedly being kept apart, with the carnival itself being split into two separate parades, as organisers juggled the jumpers to keep under the current crowd limit of 1,000 people. While it seems the lines were blurred at times and despite some backlash, it appears the carnival was a success.
In the end, on yet another scorching hot summer day, hundreds of people still came out to enjoy Cayman’s first Caribbean carnival for two years.
See video of the motorcycle cop in the parade on social media here.
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It would have been nice if the police were a bit more thoughtful in their answer. “the police were exempt from the social distancing protocols”. When carrying out their duties or otherwise acting appropriately to the siutation. If the police officer had been dancing in the street with the reveller would they still have been exempt? I’m also not suggesting that the police should not engage with the public in a friendly manner. Including, perhaps especially, at events like this. It humanises the police. And builds community raport. So I have no problem with the member of the public on the bike, i.e., the police integrating with the aprticipants in a friendly manner. (The classic example of police doing a dance move with a group before returning to more formal ‘on patrol’ appearance.) We can argue whether the interaction was approrpiae or not sepertely fromteh question of social distancing. But if there was a rule against physical proximity, as is implied by the police beign exempt from it, then saying ‘one person was exempt’ doesn’t really address the issue. It just comes across as high-handed and tone-deaf and disinterested in doing things right. Not the message the police want to be sending.
A policeman should conduct himself with more dignity than that. Doesn’t matter that it’s legal. It’s a bad look.
Oh geesh.. go back to your church and long dresses..Don’t watch the parade if all you are going to do is complain about what you saw..This is 2021 not 1936.
Agreed. I’m sure he was being paid as an officer of the law and should conduct himself as such. How can he be policing if he’s participating? Officers of the law should hold themselves to hire standards especially when on duty.
More dignity than sitting on his bike and not engaging with the woman at all?
Only since 2003
Cayman, 20 years behind 1st world countries. Sad. I know Cayman isn’t a country and only a territory, but still, let’s get out of the dark ages and enter the enlightenment shall we?
20 is generous. Try 30 plus. Look at the Government civil services, things like abortion are illegal, the local vaccine hesitancy. More like the 1960’s in other nations.
Anon. Why are you still here? Isn’t Cayman the worse place on Earth.
There are these things called repatriation flights, check them out. You don’t have to suffer here.
As soon as we can rid the islands of the parasites WE can then have the island life we worked for and I am not talking about the expats brother. I am talking about those who only vote for a living.
12:23 PM, Anon, what are you doing here, if here is so bad, come on man you must really be stupid to think here is so bad, but you won’t leave here and go back to your country if there is so good. We put you down for fool of the year award, you earned it.
7.56am Come off it, we are still world class in the Civil Service!.
If we wanted to be in all those other countries we would.
I must say the Gay Pride Parade was better organized and people behaved well.
Very good. As the CayMas dancers and pridae parade participants were required to be covid vaccinated there shouldnt be any problem in ALT supermarkets liqour stores asking staff get vaccinated and also restaurent and bars entry requirement.one rule for all
I am pretty sure this could be classed as an assault on a Policeman. I think there is a law regarding physical contact with a uniformed Police Officer.
Imagine if that had been a female Officer a man winding up like that on her. The hypocrisy is disgusting.
#metoo
I prefer methree
Hey guys..what is cayman airways doing up in barbados today? Acvording to radar it about to land from there?
Trying to make some money by carrying people that want to get home and bringing back people that need to come to Cayman.
Not first time.
Hey guys, who cares?
Why all the down thumbs? If that’s true I would like to know too.
Because it’s a secret. Any escape from this island is suppose to be government sanctioned and you know, not allowed.
Me too. I am stuck in Miami and cannot get back home!!
PUT ON MORE FLIGHTS!!!!!
Hope they keep those flights permanently and why has Cayman Airways not had these flights before now. Wonder if BA has regular direct flights from Barbados to UK.
Virgin does, direct to Edinburgh.
6:20 PM, trying to bring Covid to Cayman
Surely the bigger concern is that the police can’t drive, indicate right when going straight on at a roundabout, don’t use the inner most available lane, but still stop people near camana bay targeting the rich and issuing 200 dollar traffic fines for going 10 mph too fast in a non residential highway, whilst being unable to stop mass shootings,
CI police are the worst possible joke. Total incompetence.
Only new money in camana bay
Real rich people don’t live or hang out there
Too seedy, mostly frequented by people that wanna be rich.
If they speeding, fine them
Cayman is all new money! Was empty as recently as the 1970s
Actually, Cayman’s most prosperous/notorious surnames established their fortunes long before, during previous four centuries of illegal transshipments, wrecking, salvaging, and periods of sanctioned and un-sanctioned piracy, crew kidnapping, captain-led insurance fraud, and cargo extortion. Nobody likes talking about these darker chapters, some of these rackets still going.
They obviously are too busy thinking about getting whined on to be bothered to drive like a decent human.
Wow, glad it’s not just me…
WHY ARE PEOPLE INDICATING RIGHT TO GO STRAIGHT?
It’s ridiculous. They should have their licenses revoked and be made to take a proper driving test
It seems we have no standards anymore. If an officer on duty has no Pride in our uniform or this Island we need better leaders to set the stage! All this new government is doing is reducing is to not much! I’m all for some fun, but respect too!
Have you just crawled out of your hole? Standards, Honesty, Integrity and Transparency vanished decades ago, so I am not sure how you can blame the new Government.
New Gvt, Old Gvt… Both deserve credit for the incompetence. And the uneducated electorate is really to blame. Cayman residents are woefully willingly ignorant. (I did not say stupid… ‘willingly ignorant’ means they DO NOT WISH TO BE INFORMED WITH LOGIC AND FACT… Sorry to be shouting, but some do not hear very well………..). 🙂
Yup and it was hot n miserable up in dah hole.
Yeesh it was a street parade of dancing to Caribbean music and celebration of some of the Lil freedom we enjoy here.
As for the PoPo. If they friendly unnah complain. If they nah friendly unnah complain.
And NO I personally am not a supporter of the Wutless behavior was going on and it too hot, but yeeeesh all the complaining.
It’s only a costume
God help us….what next…gay parades….caymas….mass shootings….MP salary raise…
Bankruptcy is next.
Maybe, but not before wave of COVID 19 though the 3 islands
I thought the participants of the parade were supposed to not mingle with the spectators. I have seen lots of video footage that shows both groups interacting and nothing been done to prevent it happening. How come the rules were different for the Pride Parade? Pride was way more classy and family friendly.
Yeah this time around. Let’s see what happens next time
So said an anti-LGBTQ a..hole. Yes, Cayman, the world is listening.
Those girls! Those costumes ( or lack thereof)! What would Miss Annie say?
4.15pm She would have sat on them!.
What would Miss Annie say?????
“Thanks for finally wearing what I was not allowed to from my Misogynist country.”
You go girls!!!!!
Nice amusing answer 8:08 but, er, no, Miss Annie would NOT have said that!!
I know one thing Miss Annie said that is even more relevant today. “Cayman is the receiver of wrecks”. Except today we also receive riff-raff and give them status.
She would have joined them!
Just as well this didn’t occur at the Pride event!
I am surprised, as a non-Caymanian reading from afar, to read about the the lewd behaviors and the less than conservative state of dress at these recent Caymanian parades. My impression was, and I am not judging here at all, but I thought that Cayman was a “Christian” lead country. The learnings I have from the study of world religions suggests that Christians were to be modest in dress. Not much modesty in those costumes. Has the country changed in its values or is my understanding of its demographics incorrect?
Your understanding of most things is incorrect. The USA is led by a Christian president, but you don’t apply the same logic there do you? The UK queen has a title of ‘defender of the faith’ but that doesn’t mean the whole country is Christian. So why are you trying to promote an argument on faith when it is disconnected? Who knows who these women are dancing suggestively half naked, but no doubt they will likely be the same ones complaining about sexual harassment.
From watching the carnival, I would be more concerned for heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure…covid…especially in a big population of the women walking down the street. No disrespect intended, but very young need to think of their health.
Only “Christian” when it suits them.
In crown court
Furrreeeaall, just make sure u go to church and pray on Sunday.
The demographic has changed. The Eastern Caribbean/Jamaica now dominates whole areas of society. Thankfully the old Cayman can still be found, but is increasingly under threat.
Bobo, Old Caymanians are Jamaicans!
And old Jamaicans are what exactly ?
Your understanding of the demographics are incorrect , so is your assumption of how so called Christians dress in shiny costumes.
Apparently, you are viewing world events from a 17’th century viewpoint.
Sorry, but you are many centuries behind times.
It is a shame that Misogynists have ANY public forum.
The God-fearing men and women of Cayman take their children to watch this parade lest they be confused by parade where fully-clothed people carry a rainbow flag in celebration of what God made them.
Good – he handled himself just as he should. She on the other hand, has FINALLLLLLY gotten all the attention that she so desperately craves 24/7. Yawn……..nothing to look at.
Where can we see the video..?
Whiners, gotta love em!
one rule for us…one rule for them…
welcome to wonderland.
The protocols themselves are a pretty good example of our dry run attempt at a dystopian farce.
Police are in paid vacation…non-existentent hardly on road? U guys see amt of drunk driving abd speeding going on? Lord
if you na whine on a cop in the parade its a waste says the ladies 🙂
The police officer in question is the victim of sexual harassment. If the roles were reversed and a female police officer was being dry-humped by a man the man would be in jail today. The incident speaks to and confirms the double standard that exists within our society as it relates to sexual harassment and sexual assault.
Good point!
I didn’t see the officer saying no….
So you think it is okay to dry-hump someone without prior approval until they say no? Sick!
“I didn’t see her saying no”
What year is this?
We have become a nation of complainers. And all those complaining are probably singled or a reason and live a very boring life
And your views on gay marriage?
The hell that gotta do with it ?
Everything… you can’t decide what we get to complain about.
There is never a shortage of things to complain about!
Bloooooooooooooddddddd clllllaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttt
He just whining it up BOBO!