Tag: Operation Winter Guardian
Drunks and speeders causing most of serious crash toll
(CNS): Even though drinking and driving is one of the main causes of accidents on local roads, overnight on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, police arrested only four people for DUI and just 23 in total during the holiday safety campaign Operation Winter Guardian. Reflecting on the road safety element of the holiday […]
One man killed in early morning single vehicle smash
(CNS): The driver of a Subaru sedan was killed early on Boxing day morning following a crash on Shamrock Road near to the junction of Midway Close in the Lower Valley area of Bodden Town. The collision happened around 2:20 this morning on 26 December when police and other emergency services responded to the report […]
Police log 88 crashes across first week of Winter Guardian
(CNS): The situation on Cayman’s roads, got worse at the weekend and closed out the first full week of Operation Winter Guardian, the RCIPS’ season anti-crime and road safety campaign, with a total 88 collisions recorded by police in seven days, including 27 just this weekend. Police also arrested 13 drunk drivers over the first […]
Police attend 61 crashes in first days of safety campaign
(CNS): During the first five days of Operation Winter Guardian, which began Monday, the police attended 61 crashes and arrested nine drunk drivers. The annual holiday safety campaign has got off to a worrying start as the increasingly poor standard of driving across Cayman appears to get worse by the month. Drivers continue drinking before […]
Child and two adults injured in three-car pile-up
(CNS): Just one day after the police launched their Christmas safety campaign, they were on the scene of yet another major collision on Grand Cayman’s roads. This one involved three vehicles that may have been caused by drivers racing each other. The crash happened on Bodden Town Road in the Midland Acres area at about […]
Safety campaign aimed at deterring crime & crashes
(CNS): The RCIPS has launched its 2024 Holiday Safety Operation “Winter Guardian” with the aim of deterring crime and cut the worryingly high collisions on the roads. Police will intensify road enforcement operations and increase community foot and high visibility mobile patrols across the Islands.
Traffic cops dish out speeding tickets over holiday weekend
(CNS): The RCIPS issued dozens of speeding tickets and other traffic citations over the National Heroes holiday weekend, 19-23 January, in the Eastern Districts of Grand Cayman and on Cayman Brac. Following Operation Winter Guardian, the seasonal road safety campaign at the end of last year, the RCIPS is continuing enhanced traffic enforcement with Operation […]
Violent gun crime mars holiday season
(CNS): One murder, at least two armed robberies and several incidents where guns were fired all contributed towards a violent December, according to a round-up of Operation Winter Guardian, the crime and road safety campaign conducted by the RCIPS each year over the Christmas holidays. While 2023 closed with a 30% decline in road deaths […]
Police urge the public to remain vigilant over holidays
(CNS): As the RCIPS increases the number of beat officers on the streets and the visibility of other units, including the firearms response team and the traffic cops, senior police management is urging the public to increase their own vigilance over Christmas and New Year. The goal of Winter Guardian, the annual crime and road […]
Police begin Christmas crime and traffic crackdown
(CNS): The RCIPS began its annual holiday crime and traffic crackdown Friday morning, just as CID began a new murder inquiry in East End. The operation will see an increase in police visibility on the roads and throughout the community in order to keep people safe over the festive season. Even before the launch of […]
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 […]
