Tag: Kurt Walton
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 […]
Ex-cop now charged with helping killer
(CNS) UPDATED: Hours after a story posted by CNS, Monday, the RCIPS have now said that an auxiliary constable who was placed on required leave following allegations that he threatened a witness in a murder investigation on behalf of the suspect has been charged. The officer, who can’t be named yet because of a court […]
Arrest made in gambling shop murder
(CNS): A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the murder of Harry Elliott (62) at a George Town illegal gambling shop on School Road Monday evening. The suspect, one of around six men that the police believe are at the core of a criminal gang behind the current spate of gun violence, was given […]
Cops place ‘static units’ at nightclub hot spots
(CNS): With rising crime surrounding the nighttime economy, the RCIPS is posting ‘static units’ or patrol cars outside certain bars and clubs that are seen as hot spots for violence, including shootings and knife fights. Police statistics show that last year 25% of serious violent crime, including two murders and six attempted killings, were inside […]
Fifth road victim of year dies in hospital
(CNS): Brendon Lee Gayle (25), who was involved in a serious collision on Mangrove Avenue last week, has died in hospital. Police said Gayle, who is from Jamaica, died on Tuesday, five days after the crash, which happened in the early hours of Thursday, 24 March, and is the fifth person this year to die […]
