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'Not everybody trusts the Police Commissioner'- CoP Matthews
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As crime in the Virgin Islands continues to sky rocket within the past six years, 2017 alone having a record number of murders, with 1 per month, the Commissioner of Police (CoP) Michael ‘Mick’ Matthews has been on a public relations offensive.
Miss RVIPF Jeoverne S. Webb crowned Regional Police Queen
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “Priceless.” One word sums up just how Constable Jeoverne S. Webb felt when she wowed the judges and the comfortable crowd at the Sir Briercliffe Hall in the early hours of Sunday April 2, 2017 on her way to be crowned Miss Regional Police.
DR man charged with Alston Penn’s murder
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One man was charged late yesterday, April 1, 2017 with Alston Penn’s murder as officers of the Major Crime Team continue their pursuit of suspects into the recent murders.
Man accuses female officer of wanting to be a ‘Supa Cop’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Several persons have complained that officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are making it hard for murders and other types of crime to be solved because they cannot be trusted.
Top Cop calls for calm; Premier is saddened over murders
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Commissioner of Police, Mr Michael Matthews is appealing for calm following the two brutal murders of two local men Alston Penn of East End and Ashburn A. Dawson of Carrot Bay, both from the main island of Tortola.
Another incident involving a gun in RT; No one injured
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was about 12:30 PM today Saturday March 11, 2017 when it was reported that there was a confrontation close to a local scooter and car rental business in Road Town, the capital city, on the main island of Tortola.
Hon Turnbull blasts CoP Matthews over CGB Police Station
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- It was during the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) of the House of Assembly’s deliberation on the 2017 Budget that Second District Representative Hon Melvin M. Turnbull raised the issue with the Commissioner of Police (CoP) Michael ‘Mick’ Matthews on the closure of the Cane Garden Bay Police Station.
‘Comply with the law & all will be well’- RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - "Comply with the law and all will be well." This is a simple message the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is trying to communicate to traffic offenders.
Two UK specialists brought in to review cold cases- CoP Matthews
EAST END, Tortola, VI – Commissioner of Police (CoP) Michael Matthews says cold cases of the Virgin Islands are still being aggressively pursued to the extent that two specialists from the United Kingdom are on the ground.
CoP to criminals: 'We know who you are!'
EAST END, Tortola VI – Commissioner of Police (COP) Michael Matthews has warned criminals across the territory to “start looking over their shoulders” as the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) knows who they are and is coming after them.

