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October 19th, 2023
USVI: 17 shots fired @ VIPD officers near Home Depot on St Croix

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) officers came under heavy fire Wednesday night, October 18, 2023, at the Sugar Mill Estate in Barren Spot, in the vicinity of Home Depot, with preliminary reports suggesting that a total of 17 shots were fired in the officers' direction.

July 31st, 2022
USVI Police Dept rolls out body cameras for patrol officers

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands (USVI) Police Department (VIPD) has announced the launch of the first phase of its Body-Worn Camera Program (BWC) that will equip the VIPD Patrol Officers with the use of BWCs for law enforcement operations.

October 11th, 2021
RVIPF community officers make their mark

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The recently dispatched community officers are again moving around and making their mark within the assigned communities.

June 24th, 2021
9 police officers on suspension; CoP wants UK assistance to tackle corruption

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Corruption in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), under Commissioners of Police from the United Kingdom (UK) for nearly a decade, continues to be a topic of discussion and a main reason why the public has been reluctant to give information to police.

September 29th, 2017
'Police officers are homeless too'- Police Commissioner Matthews

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Police Commissioner Michael Matthews told a local radio station on September 28, 2017 that many of his police officers are homeless as they lost their houses following Hurricane Irma.

September 28th, 2016
Hon Fraser doubts CoP can get 20 new locals for RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Leader of the Opposition Honourable Julian Fraser, RA (R3) is not too optimistic that Commissioner of Police Mr Michael ‘Mick’ Matthews can comfortably find twenty (20) locals to join the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).

May 3rd, 2016
2 RVIPF officers on VG suspended for allegedly assaulting civilian

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Information just reaching Virgin Islands News Online is that two police officers attached to the Virgin Gorda Police Station have been suspended from duty following allegations that they assaulted a civilian.

March 11th, 2015
Jahnoi Walters trial resumes 2 years later

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Drug accused Jahnoi Walters had to be refreshed of the evidence led against him when his trial resumed in the Magistrate's Court yesterday March 10, 2015- more than two years later.

August 28th, 2014
Anti-Corruption: Police Officers Face Interdiction

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Commissioner of Police, David Morris, acting on information from an ongoing anti-corruption enquiry, sent a number of Police Officers on compulsory leave yesterday, Wednesday August 27th.

April 17th, 2014
Slips in testimony raised in Police assault trial

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The defence took the opportunity to point out several inconsistencies in the testimony given by an eyewitness as the trial of two police officers accused of assault continued before the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, April 16, 2014.

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