Cow leaves Anegada Police without patrol vehicle
This was brought to the attention of Virgin Islands News Online as residents renew their calls for the Department of Agriculture to institute systems and measures to get the large number of cows that roam the island under control.
According to our source, they are not faulting the police officer who was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident since in this instance they feel the cow was at fault. “As far as we know he was not under the influence and could not have been driving too fast otherwise the damage would have been much more extensive,” said the concerned resident.
It was explained that the police officer in question is said to be relatively new to the Anegada terrain. “These cows especially the younger ones have a way that they run into approaching light in attempting to cross the road. We use usually have to be very careful here with that and I guess he is not familiar with that sort of thing,” the source explained.
The officer is said to have escaped with no serious injuries. “Only his pride might have been injured,” said the source as he explained that the cow could not have been found as it may have stumbled its way not the bushes. “We are not sure if it is dead or alive, we didn’t see it.”
But of more concern to residents there is the years-old problem of cow nuisance on the island. “[It] was a head on collision with the cow. Years now residents have been complaining about this hazard. Seems as if they are waiting for a tourist to get kill or something serious before they do something,” said the concerned resident.
‘They’ is the department of Agriculture. When contacted for a response to this concern the department advised that they are under the instructions that reporters must seek answers from the Director of Communications Ms Arliene T. Penn who when contacted yesterday was unable to speak as she was in a meeting at the time. This news site still awaits her return call.
As it relates to Anegada now being without a patrol vehicle, this news site sought some information from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Public Relations Department but up to press time there has been no response.
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31 Responses to “Cow leaves Anegada Police without patrol vehicle”
Some of them say that when Gov cut roads through their lands they did not put back up their fences that held in their cows. The problems need to be fixed no matter who to blame if these police officers had died you all would not be making fun.
I spoke with the Cow and she told me she was crossing the road when the policeman stomped on the pedal and deliberately Bullied me to the ground.
She doesn't hold any grudges against the officer and wishes some Bull would b..g her like the Police did.