Younger police officers ‘quite challenging individuals to bring into line’ – CoP Matthews
He said during the My BVI Radio Show on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, undoubtedly, the society that was once very caring has changed and pointed out to an example of the period following the devastating hurricanes of 2017 where that caring and friendly nature emerged for a while.
The RVIPF had come under heavy criticism last year over incidents of persons being tased while seemingly posing no threat to arresting officers.
In most of the cases, the officers involved were noticeably young.
Commissioner Matthews had publicly defended his officers at the time, following a public backlash.
'Very different mindset'
“I am sure we all accept that the society of today globally is not the same society that we were all born into. But, the reality is the world has changed, and in particular, I don’t want to pick on young people but in particular the younger generation view crime, they view violence, and they view their way of acting way of life as quite acceptable where some of us from the older generation will find that quite astonishing,” he remarked on the My BVI Radio Show with hosts Angelle A. Cameron and Bishop John I. Cline.
Mr Matthews added that he has deliberately sought to recruit more young people to the force; however, there are challenges that have come about as a result.
"I am recruiting and I have been recruiting from some of that generation in the last few years and I will say this openly, and I am sure that some of my own recruits in the force will hear this message: some of them are quite challenging individuals to bring into line and to get them to understand the standards that we look for in terms of service to the public and keeping the laws of the territory.”
He said this is the case “Because their mindset is very, very different to mine and don’t necessarily see that politeness and courtesy, and love your neighbour is the bedrock of what they are about.”
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Say it as it is.Thats what BVI-LANDERS cannot accept and to speak of the changing time in BVI.Instead,we focus on the Goverenors and the Commissioners from UK.
The UK citizens will return to UK but what happens;the problem remain in BVI,because we do not take advice from expats/islandman.
No you’re the one who needs to be brought into line Mucky Mick. We don’t forget how sycophantic you were with your best friend rac**t big** Gus. On our necks!
The agony of cures on earth
When is ra****t mick leaving??? If you hate us so much why you buy a mansion here??
U is the head of the failure u been condoning for ur whole term not even trying to correct...u always defended your force even when there did wrong to the people and law now u here complaining to the people about them ..u is root of the continued fester of the mess like others before u.. u ***** expat want only to give this impression that we the local cant run our country. So u the uk can have an excuse to come and intervein in our affairs to control and oppress us and put all interest in favor of u all ****** expat..but this 2021 ..but I just want to remind my people..BLACK PEOPLE that never forget that there never give us freedom from there evil legal ocustrated inhumanity hell there had us living for 400 year and more ..WE TAKE UR FREEDOM. It we our self it was not anything there wish for us. ..and for those out there who think it anything esle different hmmmm. ....
But there is another concern. The concern is, we as adults are making too much DAM excuse for young people. WRONG IS WRONG AND RIGHT IS RIGHT regardless of who the person is or where he or she is from.
Mr Commissioner I must say that some of the problem that is been experienced in the RVIPF from the young or younger officers is because the senior management team or SMT as you all call it, lack of enforcement of discipline on the young officers but are killing the older ones.
So the disrespect is to be blamed on the senior officers who wants to be popular and most liked.
In fact, a senior officer pulled a gun on a member of the motoring public just a few months ago in Sea Cows Bay. A report was made. Bet you haven't seen that. Thank God their were witnesses in the vehicle with the person as he just stopped in the middle of the road and pointed his gun at the person's vehicle. Maybe he didn't like his driving, but pointing a gun? The Force needs cleaning out. Our Deputy COP should be local if the COP isn't. Why? As I see it, the senior police officers are just trying to keep everybody employed and save pensions and not worried about this Jurisdiction. Just biding their time when they can go home again and receive big pension checks from the BVI Government. God though has another plan for this kind of behaviour. He does not like ugly.
Since it's necessary to import the policing force ,rather than import from places where crime is the expected,the norm accepted, why not impo rt from the UK where they are professionally trained to Police and not criminally trained to embrace crime .
Importing police from places where crime is #1 in the world to a place where their kith and kin migrate is simply an extension of the life they left for a bigger paycheck.