BASSETERRE ST. KITTS (August 9, 2009) -- A six-month period without a functional television set at a rural police station seemed like six years. What was taken for granted over the years they had a television set that helped to inform and entertain them became a serious issue after it malfunctioned.
The misery was put behind for the members of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force based at Tabernacle Village on Wednesday August 5, when the Development Bank of Saint Kitts and Nevis came to their assistance, by providing them with a 37 inch Sony Bravia LCD flat screen television set.
Receiving the television set at the offices of the Development Bank on Church Street in Basseterre was Constable Victor Nicholas, who on behalf of the Sergeant in charge of the Tabernacle Police Station, thanked the bank for the timely gift, which he promised would be put into proper use.
Support Officer in the Human Resource and Marketing Department of the Development Bank Coralee Benjamin, who handed the television set to Constable Nicholas, stated that it was part of the bank’s mandate to help the hard-working members of the police force to perform their duties in an enabling environment, as the issue of security could not be gainsaid.
“This is a bank that prides itself as one that lends a helping hand,” observed Ms Benjamin. “When we learnt that the police station in Tabernacle had been without a television set for a period of six months, we felt compelled to offer assistance to them as a television set is not just for entertainment but is a very useful tool in crime detection.”
Earlier, Constable Nicholas, who was accompanied by Constable Elroy Wattley, told how useful a TV set is to members of the police. “When a notice of a wanted person is issued, with the TV you are able to see the picture and identify the person so that is very important,” he explained, noting that their request to the Development Bank was addressed swiftly.
The police station is temporarily housed at the Tabernacle Community Centre and the eight members of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force share the premises with members of the Tabernacle Fire Services Department. The TV set will be placed at the Guard Room, explained Nicholas.
Construction of a new Tabernacle Police Station is due to start shortly, following the signing on September 29, 2006 of a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the terms and conditions of the agreement to construct the Dieppe Bay and Tabernacle Police Stations between the then Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Timothy Harris and his Mexican counterpart Dr Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista. Construction of the Dieppe Bay Police Station is at an advanced stage.
