Tag: David Baines
Mac raises police trouble after CoP gets easy ride
(CNS): The annual anticipated drilling of the police commissioner by local politicians during Finance Committee is always much gentler than the rhetoric leading up to the top cop taking the hot seat and this year was no different. Although asked a number of questions last week about the police budget and resources, David Baines returned […]
Cop protection costs for editor queried
(CNS): The RCIPS has refused to comment on the security detail it reportedly arranged for the editor of a local newspaper in Cayman at the weekend or whether or not a threat assessment had been carried out over the statement made by the premier accusing him of treason. Independent MLA Ezzard Miller noted in the LA that […]
BT break-ins spike with commuting burglars
(CNS): Police Commissioner David Baines said a burglary spike in the district of Bodden Town was being caused by two separate gangs of crooks. Baines said that a group of young teens in the district were believed to be behind some of the burglaries while a group of George Town based villains were also literally […]
CoP blames staff shortages, not cash
(CNS): The police commissioner has stated that while he has a $35 million budget, his problem now is staff numbers. David Baines said the full RCIPS complement should be 487 officers but there are currently 450, and that was why the cover was still “stuttered”, especially in the eastern districts. As he answered questions in Finance Committee […]
Webb accused of taking $$millions in bribes
(CNS): The damning 164-page indictment against Cayman’s football boss, Jeffrey Webb, and many other current and former FIFA officials, as well as those involved in the marketing of international football tournaments, has been released. Webb is accused alongside other named and unnamed officials as taking millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks and being involved […]
MLAs question CoP’s ability to manage RCIPS
(CNS): The two independent members for the districts of North Side and East End have both called into question the abilities of the police commissioner to manage the resources allocated to the RCIPS. Both Ezzard Miller and Arden McLean said the time has come to find out if the police are being properly resourced and […]
Lawyer presses for cop probe ahead of trial
(CNS): A local defense attorney has accused the police commissioner of hiding behind court contempt laws to avoid investigating a complaint against one of his officers due to give evidence in a forthcoming drug trial. Peter Polack has filed a complaint about the behaviour of the officer in the case and wants to see that […]
Who will be Cayman’s next top cop?
(CNS): As the RCIPS embarks on another recruitment drive to find Caymanians to walk the beat, the question of when a Caymanian will return to the top spot as commissioner of police (CoP) is also on the minds of the community. The first and only local police commissioner was Buel Braggs, who retired from the […]
Lawyer files corruption complaint against cop and JP
(CNS): A local attorney whose client was subjected to an unlawful search of his home during a suspected drug bust by the RCIPS has filed a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Commission about one of the officers involved in the case, accusing him of misleading the courts, and against the JP who signed the illegal warrant. […]
BVI cop back on beat as Baines takes reins in probe
(CNS): One of five police officers in the British Virgin Islands who was suspended from his job as part of a major police corruption probe in the UK overseas territory is back on the beat shortly after Cayman’s police commissioner was given oversight of the enquiry.
Cayman top cop to lead BVI police probe
(CNS): The Cayman Islands police commissioner has been appointed to an internal police corruption probe in the British Virgin Islands. An RCIPS spokesperson confirmed Monday that David Baines would be heading up the investigation involving the BVI’s police force. Operation Lucan began formally last November in response to unconfirmed allegations that police officers may have […]
