Tag: Kurt Walton
Weekend crime spree peaks with gang shooting
(CNS): A West Bay man is currently in critical care, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds in a gang-related attempt on his life in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police believe the man, who has not yet been identified, was gunned down by gang rivals outside a home on Gorse Lane in Birch Tree Hill, […]
New ‘Top Cop’ begins tour of districts
(CNS): Police Commissioner Kurt Walton has begun a tour of all six districts across the Cayman Islands to reach out to the community to hear the “insights and suggestions” the public has about crime and policing. While Walton is well known to the Cayman Islands community after more than three decades in the RCIPS, the […]
Byrne passes the baton to Caymanian CoP
(CNS): Two decades after the retirement of Buel Braggs, the only Caymanian to hold the post of RCIPS commissioner of police until now, outgoing CoP Derek Byrne literally handed the baton to the new commissioner, Kurt Walton, who has been with the service since 1986. Having been sworn into office by Acting Governor Franz Manderson […]
Police seize gun used in five killings in Jamaica
(CNS): The RCIPS has seized a firearm in the Cayman Islands that was used in at least five murders in Jamaica, according to Police Commissioner Derek Byrne. Speaking to the local press on Wednesday, less than a week before he leaves the post, Byrne said one of the many enhancements he has presided over during […]
Caymanian finally set to take over as CoP
(CNS): Deputy Police Commissioner Kurt Walton has said he is under “no illusions” about what he faces when he is promoted to the post of police commissioner before the end of the year. Almost two decades since a Caymanian last held the top job in the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, Walton secured the appointment […]
253 crashes recorded during holiday campaign
(CNS): During the last month of 2022, a year in which 14 people were killed on local roads, the RCIPS recorded another 253 crashes, including one fatal collision. The month-long seasonal campaign to crack down on crime and promote road safety, Operation Winter Guardian, came at the end of one of the worst years on […]
Police to target drunk and bad drivers on NYE
(CNS): After a relatively quiet Christmas for the RCIPS, drivers are being urged not to drink and drive but to behave responsibly this coming weekend, as the holidays continue and people celebrate the New Year on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Acting Commissioner of Police Kurt Walton said the high-profile policing would continue with road […]
Cops find gun and ammo in crime crackdown
(CNS): As armed police take to the streets in an effort to deter further crime and catch those responsible for the surge of robberies over the last five months, officers have arrested three people after finding a loaded gun and additional rounds of ammunition during searches of two different vehicles stopped in Prospect and a […]
Police need evidence to put an end to robberies
(CNS): Despite acquiring and trawling through almost 2,000 hours of CCTV footage, seizing six cars, conducting numerous stop and searches, executing search warrants and having identified around a dozen suspects in connection with the current unprecedented spike in robberies, the police say they need the public’s help to secure the evidence required to lock up […]
Cops begin Christmas crime, crashes crackdown
(CNS): The RCIPS annual Christmas crackdown on crime and road collisions is underway, which means more cops on the beat and more road checks. During Operation Winter Guardian, which started Thursday, there will be an increase in community foot patrols, high visibility mobile patrols and intensified road enforcement operations, supported by road safety education and […]
Police focused on gang of local robbery suspects
(CNS): Detectives working on the long list of armed robbery investigations have honed in on what Police Commissioner Derek Byrne has said is around ten local suspects in a loosely affiliated crime gang. The police believe that these men are behind most of the recent stick-ups across Grand Cayman over the last three months. Since […]
