Tag: Kurt Walton
Cops battle over 1,300 outstanding warrants
(CNS): The police’s battle with outstanding warrants is getting worse. According to the latest figures released by the courts to a local defence attorney Monday, 1,006 warrants have been issued to people who have failed to appear for either criminal or traffic cases in the court, and there are another 378 for unpaid fines. Last […]
Walton promoted to deputy top cop
(CNS): Chief Superintendent Kurt Walton has been promoted to Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) after what officials described as a comprehensive local recruitment process. The senior Caymanian officer, who has been in the service since leaving school, will take up the new post after Deputy Commissioner Stephen Brougham, retires in […]
Dirt bikes stolen from under cops’ noses
(CNS): Eight illegal dirt bikes confiscated by the RCIPS were stolen from the George Town Police Station after two separate break-ins into the rear yard. But senior police officers are blaming the state of the 1970’s building that houses the main police station, saying it is not fit for purpose and has been condemned for more than […]
Statistics reveal fall in crime
(CNS): The RCIPS said focused work on burglaries and robberies contributed to a fall in crime last year, reflected in the annual statistics, which were released Thursday. Although the latest figures were published the day after the first armed robbery of this year, the statistics nevertheless indicate that most crimes were down in 2015 compared to 2014. Chief Superintendent Kurt […]
Cops ask hundreds of fine defaulters to give themselves up
(CNS): Police executed 34 outstanding warrants for unpaid traffic fines or failures to appear in court in a 24-hour period yesterday as they began working through some 700 outstanding warrants. Describing the backlog as “daunting”, the police are urging people to pay their fines and address their outstanding cases as the sheer volume is stretching […]
Crime falling despite public perception
(CNS): While the public at large may perceive that crime is getting worse in Cayman, the statistics tell another story. Despite a serious spike in burglaries over the last few months, overall crime between 1 January and 30 June this year is down some 10% when compared to figures for the first six months of […]
