Top Police official welcomes NIA’s pledge to continued support for police
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| Head of the Nevis Division of the St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force Acting Superintendent Samuel Seabrookes |
CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (JANUARY 07, 2008) -- A top official of the St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force welcomed the Nevis Island Administration’s (NIA) pledge to continue its support for Police in their fight against crime on the island.
Acting Superintendent Samuel Seabrookes, Head of the Nevis Division said on Monday January 07, 2007, that the NIA’s announcement of continued support was welcomed by all officers in the Division and it had given them a ray of hope.
“In relation to Premier Parry’s New Years Address in which he remarked that his Administration is prepared to work along with the police to ensure that law and order is maintained at a low level in Nevis. He also indicated that Cotton Ground Police Station would be rebuilt and the Officers Quarters situated at the Bath Plain will be renovated to accommodate senior officers.
“That was welcomed by all police officers and generally speaking, officers in Nevis feel that sometimes they are overlooked but hearing the Premier’s message this has given us a ray of hope that this would improve conditions and we would be able to work more effectively so that the results would be even better,” he said. ~~Adz:Right~~
Premier Hon. Joseph Parry in an address to usher in 2008 said though the crime statistics on Nevis were low, he pointed to a number of areas in which the Police had already received assistance from the NIA and also addressed the Administration’s plans to construct a new police outpost at Cotton Ground and for extensive repairs to the abandoned Bath Plain police quarters.
Notwithstanding, he said the Nevis government was of the view that for a more effective fight against crime and for its policies to be of great benefit to the people of Nevis, the Police needed to know the boundaries of the NIA’s authority and their relationship with the government.
“Last year had its challenges with the Police from the view point of authority. If the police are not clear, if the government is not confident what the role of the police is, we can have a problem with law and order in Nevis. Serious development will always be accompanied by new law and order issues and challenges. The police and government must have the same mission and goals when it relates to law and order.
“In 2008, your government is working towards that point of clarification with the Federal government. It will; be part of the package to strengthen the Nevis Island Administration in its position to have legislative authority over a number of issues,” he said.
