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A senior member of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) has stated that its system for disciplining errant officers is working.
But Assistant Police Commissioner George Nicholas has acknowledged the need to make the cases public.
“Once we have allegations made by members of the public against the police, we have the Complaints Unit which investigates,” Nicholas explained.
And he encouraged people to lodge their complaints with the unit.
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“Our discipline system works,” he asserted during an appearance on Tuesday on the Helen Television System (HTS).
Nicholas explained that because of the system, some officers received fines while others were fired.
“It works,” he said of the RSLPF system of disciplining errant officers.
“Maybe what we need to do is put these results out in the public domain so people are aware that OK, these are actions that are being taken against police officers who don’t comply,” Nicholas told the interviewer. . Andrew Paul.
He also felt that the RSLPF needs to develop a better relationship with the media, while admitting that press conferences are not held regularly enough.
“We have a lot of information that we need to get out, whether it’s related to crime or whether it’s other initiatives that we’re undertaking and the public needs to know,” Nicholas said.
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And he honestly admitted that the police are to blame.
“We’re not out there enough providing information. Because as soon as you don’t give the information, people will speculate,” Nicholas noted.
He said it would be difficult to take corrective action afterwards.
“But once we’re out there giving the information, I think we’d do a lot better,” Nicholas said.
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