Tag: Derek Byrne
LGBT ‘hate’ speech not criminal, says CoP
(CNS): Hate speech about hanging gay people ‘in a loving way’, exposing the sexuality of those attending a fundraiser for a new LGBT awareness group and comments about deporting LGBT people, which are proliferating on social media, do not yet rise to the level of a crime, Police Commissioner Derek Byrne has said. However, the […]
CoP accepts findings in rogue rider arrest
(CNS): Police Commissioner Derek Byrne has said that he accepts the findings of the Ombudsman Sandy Hermiston, following an independent review of the arrest of a rogue rider on 4 April, where an officer was accused of using unnecessary force. In a short statement in response to the report, Byrne said a discipline investigation has […]
Over 400 speeders clocked in two weeks
(CNS): Over the two week period between 15 and 29 May, police issued 404 speeding tickets. As traffic has begun to increase, police clocked some rogue drivers doing more than 100mph, even though the top speed anywhere in Cayman is only 50mph. Speaking at Friday’s COVID-19 briefing, Police Commissioner Derek Byrne said speeding drivers are […]
Two cops test positive for COVID-19
(CNS): Two Royal Cayman Island Police Service (RCIPS) officers have tested positive for the coronavirus. These two officers are not the officers depicted in the photo published by CNS earlier (see note at the end of the article). Both officers who tested positive are asymptomatic and are in isolation, the RCIPS revealed Friday evening, 22 […]
Beaches open Tuesday with some restrictions
(CNS): There will be no hard curfew during the day this Sunday, but otherwise the current lockdown measures will remain much the same until next Tuesday, 18 May, following the long weekend. But after that, people will be able to exercise on the beach, swim in the sea and go fishing, as well as swim […]
Gang tensions increase in West Bay
(CNS): Police Commissioner Derek Byrne said a recent resurgence of gang tensions in West Bay resulted in a shooting in the district on Wednesday night and a serious machete assault early Thursday morning. Speaking at Thursday’s COVID-19 press briefing, the CoP said that overall crime was not increasing but there were issues of concern surrounding […]
CoP says curfew tickets will be reviewed
(CNS): A quality control office has been established at the RCIPS and all tickets issued to people for breaching the COVID-19 soft curfew and prosecution warnings for those breaking the overnight hard curfew will be reviewed before people are charged, Police Commissioner Derek Byrne has said. Public complaints are increasing over tickets being issued incorrectly […]
Curfew extended, changes to exercise exemption
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin admitted on Thursday that government was giving with one hand and taking with the other when he revealed that the only changes to the curfews, which have been extended for another two weeks, relate to the exercise exemption.
Beaches close until end of current curfew
(CNS): Following warnings about the abuse of the COVID-19 curfew exercise exemption by people who are hanging out together at the beach, government has blocked access to all public beaches and areas of the coast below the high water mark. Police Commissioner Derek Byrne said policing the beach is too challenging and the risk to […]
Prosecution warnings mount over curfew breaches
(CNS): Forty people were warned for prosecution on Sunday morning, the police commissioner said in a video message circulated to warn people about the Easter Monday restrictions to the beaches and the parameters of the various curfews in the Cayman Islands. But so far only one person has been jailed for a curfew breach, and […]
CoP refers ‘rogue’ rider arrest to ombudsman
(CNS): Police Commissioner Derek Byrne revealed at Sunday’s press briefing that an arrest made by his officers has been referred to the ombudsman for investigation. The arrest was made on Saturday, 4 April, following a high-speed chase of one of five ‘rogue’ dirt bike riders. Byrne said that during a time like this, when the […]
