VG to get police Armed Response Unit
With growing concerns from the public about crime, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has announced the establishment of an armed response unit on Virgin Gorda.
The announcement was made during a recent community meeting, where residents were informed about the new measures to bolster security and law enforcement on the sister island.
Chief Inspector Saif Kaddoura, Acting Superintendent Israel Sergeant, and Inspector Kevin Joseph of the RVIPF outlined the challenges faced by the community, including two recent robberies, and detailed the steps being taken to address these issues.
Kaddoura reported that the RVIPF made some progress in those investigations, noting that several suspects were arrested and search warrants executed.
“Since the two incidents, we have had some additional support from Tortola,” Kaddoura stated. “We have implemented a new armed response unit on Virgin Gorda. That is something that is rather new to us. And we’re trying our best to utilise them to prevent crime and do some additional patrols in soft target areas.”
The unit, trained in tactical policing methods and equipped for quick armed responses, aims to provide a deterrent to crime and a rapid reaction capability. The unit will also perform additional patrols to enhance preventative measures.
Kaddoura also addressed concerns regarding police response times and resource availability. He acknowledged the challenges faced by the RVIPF due to limited resources and the need to prioritise calls based on urgency.
He explained that while the standard response time is aimed to be within 15 minutes, this can be affected by various factors, including ongoing duties or other reports that officers might be handling. “There are circumstances that cause delay, but every circumstance is specific to that particular time when you called,” he noted.
Meanwhile, the RVIPF reassured residents of its commitment to adapting and responding to the community’s needs, with plans to further increase its presence and capabilities on the island.
Highlighting the procedural challenges, Inspector Joseph remarked that the force sometimes has to decide which incidents to respond to based on severity and immediate threat. This often means that not all calls can be attended to simultaneously, and some may experience delays. “We always have to prioritise. If we have three reports, we look at one that requires immediate response, and the other two, we have to deal with them when we’re finished,” he stated.
Additionally, Joseph discussed the operational difficulties faced due to vehicle shortages and mentioned that the department had issues with vehicle functionality, which were being addressed.
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Ayo coming up to shoot we
if you behave it wouldn’t come to that
What the hey… So the island with luxury accommodations, & famous people had no armed response unit.
Its like a restraining order, our security its a joke.
We base our security on a fantasy. We believe someone else will protect us. The answer to everything is call the police.
There is the proof to our foolishness and naivety.
By their own admission there was not any reliable preparations in place!
We are running on fumes in regard to our self defense and are led to believe its a full tank.
Police main motive can not be to protect us. This move is so late.
We started as a quiet, calm and seductive land.
We never needed security forces as that was neither our mentality, way of living or way of thinking.
With foreigners of the warring war like kind, we now have to provide for them their sensibilities of safety and living.
Where ever they go they change the environment and resources to suit them.
Never fails, and all too ofte, our people acquiesce to their every. demand, for n incentive of course.
he land we had and love is gone and not for the better. Itwill continue backwards and down hill from here.
Down hill VG gone. No more tranquility for the native people. Gone from a quiet little secret to a segregated rock to an armed out post all in under sixty years.
How does a quiet crime free group of inhabitants living on a beautiful Island on there owned land and homes where there are few natural resouces but they survive with dignity and with absence of crime ,find themselves outnumbered by savages of their own genealogy. Savagery from foreign lands where NATURAL WEALTH is in abundance always.
This is one for the Books of the Century.
As a long time resident and investor I hang my head in shame in solidarity with all BVIslanders.
This is not who we are!
We live at a time when everyone was either related or parents and children knew each other.
1. As bvi moved to other countries and movement around the world became easier, people seek opportunities for various reasons
2. Our children who went abroad marry or form bonds outside og the BvI children begun to be part of the family structure of outside countries .
3. Tourism begun to develop the economy began to grow . Local snd outside investors brought in workers from elsewhere
4. Population begun to interbreed and grow
Nothing remains the same we are now a multicultural society .
The problem came when GREEDY politicians and senior civil servants begun taking money to fatten themselves and family to let The Immigration laws fail to orotect the culture and people So Do Not BLAME OUTSIDERS… If you study anthropology you will not say that ..: Your own people allow this to reach where rhere are riff-raff ..: