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CIG commits to sharing info on violent offenders
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government’s public safety agencies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA), creating a formal framework for the coordinated management of sexual and violent offenders who may pose a significant risk to public safety, a release from the CIG said. (more…)
Ex-UK cop is new deputy CoP's as Ennis retires
(L-R) Governor Jane Owen, Assistant Commissioner Brad Ebanks, Deputy CoP Atkin and CoP Kurt Walton (CNS): After less than two years with the RCIPS as assistant commissioner, Robert Atkin has been promoted to deputy commissioner of police (DCoP), replacing Anthony Ennis, who is retiring after 45 years in the service. Meanwhile, Chief Superintendent Brad Ebanks, who has almost four decades of…
Senior cops get specialist training for high-risk situations
RCIPS officers who participated in the Critical Incident Command Training Course (CNS): The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service recently hosted an intensive Critical Incident Command Training programme for senior officers to enhance their skills in managing complex, high-risk situations, including major emergencies, multi-agency responses, and fast-evolving critical incidents. (more…)
FOI release on police complaints misleading, says CoP
Police Commissioner Kurt Walton and Detective Superintendent Peter Lansdown (CNS): Over the past five years, 24 officers were fired from the RCIPS after investigations into misconduct, including 19 during Kurt Walton’s time as commissioner of police. However, Walton said that these numbers were not captured by the Office of the Ombudsman because, contrary to popular belief, the police are still…
Police officers assaulted 86 times in the last 3 years
(CNS): This week, a 35-year-old man was arrested for assaulting police officers in two separate incidents. However, the police said this is not an isolated case, and over the past three years, the RCIPS has recorded more than 86 incidents of assault against police officers, which is more than once every two weeks. (more…)
CIG pressing ahead with e-bike clampdown
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is still planning to begin enforcing legislation next week requiring almost all modes of e-transport to be registered, licensed and insured before riders can take them on public roads. Despite concerns about the interpretation of the law, the limited number of insurance companies willing to offer prohibitively expensive cover, the NCFC is treating these…
Community police officers back on district beats
RCIPS officer patrols Seven Mile Beach on an ATV (CNS): The RCIPS says it has reintroduced its team of dedicated community policing officers to their beats across Grand Cayman after a “temporary consolidation period”. According to a release, they were redirected to frontline services due to “staffing constraints” in September last year. But community officers are now back on the beat in all…
E-transport clampdown delayed for two months
(file photo) (CNS): The public backlash over the need to register, license and insure electric personal transport, such as e-bikes and e-scooters, which are being used as a green and economical way to avoid Grand Cayman’s traffic chaos, has led to a delay in the planned clampdown on users. With only one insurer in a position to offer insurance for such modes of transport, albeit at eye-watering…
