Tag: Derek Byrne
Skills gap remains a challenge for RCIPS
(CNS): Police Commissioner Derek Byrne has become the latest leader of the RCIPS to point to the “skills gap” among officers working for the service. For more than a decade, almost every commissioner that has come from overseas has highlighted competency issues and the need to “professionalise” the service. CoP Byrne said that when it […]
Police net 222 burglars in two years
(CNS): The police have arrested 222 individual burglars over the last two years, many of whom have been charged and jailed. According to the newly released crime statistics for 2016, break-ins continue to dominate offences, despite a dramatic drop in the numbers from 2015 to 2016. Burglary fell by 33% in 2016 compared to the […]
Suspect arrested after killing and cop standoff
(CNS): A West Bay man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and a major investigation is now underway after a local man was shot dead at Super C’s restaurant at around 3:00 Saturday afternoon. Soon after allegedly gunning down the victim, the suspect gunman fled to a nearby relative’s house, where he barricaded himself […]
Gunman has hostage after West Bay killing
(CNS): Armed police are swarming the Watercourse Road and Boatswain Bay Road area in West Bay by Super C’s restaurant after a local man was shot and killed. At around 5pm, CNS received unofficial reports from the scene that the gunman was believed to be inside a nearby house with one female hostage. Police have […]
Fatal police shooting in Windsor Park
(CNS) Updated 2:40pm Friday: The RCIPS has confirmed that a man was shot and killed by police officers early this morning in the Windsor Park area of George Town. Police said the incident occurred during a pre-planned firearms operation, for which they had a search warrant to look for both a firearm and the 34-year-old […]
New CoP orders external review of child abuse cases
(CNS): Following an RCIPS internal audit of all open child abuse cases in the Cayman Islands, triggered by a recent court case where the failure by the police to investigate a serious complaint of child sex abuse became apparent, an external review has been commissioned by the new police commissioner, Derek Byrne. Three officers from the […]
Police chief warns illegal riders Cayman has had enough
(CNS): Police seized six illegal motorbikes around the island yesterday and arrested two riders who failed to stop for police at traffic checks. The RCIPS has said it is focused on putting a stop to young men misusing the bikes and placing the road-using public in danger. “The island has had enough of the nuisance and […]
Convicted cops stay on payroll
(CNS): Three police officers convicted of assaulting suspects during the process of arrests have not been fired. The RCIPS released a statement on Saturday confirming that the officers have been suspended “from any and all police duties, but will continue to receive their police salary”. Cardiff Robinson and Austin Etienne were convicted of assault after […]
Police chief to make case for more cash
(CNS): The RCIPS is under-resourced, the new police commissioner has said after three weeks on the job, and he plans to make his case to government for more cash for local policing. Meeting the press Wednesday for the first time since he arrived in Cayman earlier this month, Derek Byrne told reporters that he was […]
New police boss expected Friday
(CNS): Derek Byrne, the new Cayman Islands commissioner of police, who was previously the assistant commissioner for An Garda Síochána (the Gardaí), Ireland’s national police service, was scheduled to arrive yesterday but apparently missed a flight connection. Byrne was expected to get down to work today at the helm of the RCIPS but will now […]
Cops shoot dog as armed suspect arrested
(CNS): Armed police shot and killed what they described as “a large ferocious bulldog” which was set upon them by a suspect they believed was armed with a gun. A release from the RCIPS said that the incident occurred during one of several targeted operations Wednesday in relation to recent gang crime, in which five […]
