UPDATE: Woman says cleaning Police Station was nice experience
Reporting on her activities, Malone told the court that cleaning the Police station was a nice experience and expressed that it wasn’t as bad as it sounded.
Malone was instructed to clean the police station after pleading guilty to the offences of disorderly conduct, indecent language and disorderly conduct in a police station which were committed in August, 2013.
According to Malone, interacting with the police was different than expected.
Magistrate Dr Velon L. John told Malone that Police officers were human beings as well and advised that she should be respectful to them. “They are deserving of respect and need your respect,” Magistrate John told Malone.
see previous story posted February 24, 2014:
Woman made to clean Police station for disorderly conduct
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Jelissa Malone of Baughers Bay found herself the recipient of some cleaning duties after she was placed before the Magistrate’s Court on February 21, 2014 on charges of disorderly conduct, indecent language and disorderly conduct in a Police station.
Malone pleaded guilty to the offences. She was unrepresented in the matter.
According to the allegations, the young woman was in the company of her boyfriend and another person on August 8, 2013 at around 4:30 PM when they drove up to the Huntums Ghut service station to vacuum the vehicle.
An argument ensued between the defendant and her boyfriend when she removed the keys from the ignition. As a result a report was made to the Police. When questioned about the keys, Malone replied: “I don’t have no keys and I don’t know where it is.”
She reportedly continued to behave disorderly and use indecent language. “I don’t give a [expletive] what happen. I know my rights,” she reportedly said. Malone was cautioned and arrested for the offences of disorderly conduct and indecent language.
Malone continued to behave in a disorderly manner when taken to the Road Town Police Station. She reportedly said: “Mehson, leave me the [expletive] alone I know my [expletive] rights. You think I'm afraid of you [expletive] Police?”
When given a chance to speak, Malone told the court that she was very upset because she had lost her job and had an argument about it with her boyfriend which later escalated before the Police were called in.
“I felt that I shouldn’t be arrested,” she said while telling the court that the Police tried to handcuff her at the service station. Malone said she requested to be carried to the Police station but was left in the Police vehicle outside the station for over half an hour as officers chatted outside.
“I start to cuss,” she told the court. The defendant said her behaviour continued inside the Police station because of what she felt the officers did to her. “They outside laughing and I in [the vehicle] sweating bricks,” she complained.
Magistrate Dr Velon L. John asked the defendant whether she had made a complaint to the Police complaints authority but she replied in the negative.
She was cautioned by Magistrate John that when one is approached by Police officers and arrested and one feels there is no justification for the arrest there is a course of action to be taken. “You don’t fight with the Police,” he charged, “if they want to arrest you, let them arrest you.”
Magistrate John told Malone that the Police represented the law and ought to be respected at all times, regardless of their rank of size.
The defendant was asked whether she could pay a fine of $500 but did not respond.
“I will place you in very close proximity to the source of your embarrassment,” Magistrate John said, “I want you to do some work at the Police station.”
He said he observed after a recent visit to the station that some areas were in a deplorable condition and were in need of some cleaning up and mopping.
Malone was then cautioned, reprimanded and conditionally discharged on the offences. She was instructed to report to the Road Town Police Station on Monday and Tuesday from 8:30AM-4PM where she will be instructed on what to do.
“You may well leave there with a friend and have a better appreciation of what obtains at the Police station,” Magistrate John added.
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21 Responses to “UPDATE: Woman says cleaning Police Station was nice experience”
Make people work.
BTW- I wish traffic and parking violations were enforced as strictly ans swiftly as cursing and disorderly conduct.
Sometimes people react out of anger and from not knowing that officers are human beings like us just executing their jobs, though there are some constables who are there for stripes alone, becasue they just arrive here less than 4 months and want to issue tickets to all for nonsense. These need immediate deportation and their contracts should not be renewed! Whole of Tola knows BVI Town and country planning never use to include parking in approval of plans many years ago. Parking will always be a problem in Tortola, but place like the hospital trying to issue tickets there on the sick in emergency in the hospital you constables must be STUPID and heartless!