Police state? RVIPF conducts stop & search during rush hour
Two of the armed police officers doing stop and search in the area of Slaney, on the main island of Tortola, today, May 3, 2018. Photo: Team of Reporters
Many residents have called for more police patrols to help fight crime in the Virgin Islands. Photo: VINO/File
SLANEY, Tortola, VI- Many residents have called for more police officers on frequent patrols as another option to reducing crime in the Territory of less than 30,000 residents.
It was this morning, May 3, 2018 around rush hour, between 8:00 A.M. and 10:00 A.M., three police officers with big guns were observed doing stop and search in the area of Slaney, on the main island of Tortola.
It is unclear whether they were working on intelligence, looking for someone specific, or on just a routine exercise.
There is already an armed police unit operating in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF); however, not all police officers have access to guns.
It is not known if the stop and search operations are extended to the sister islands.
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20 Responses to “Police state? RVIPF conducts stop & search during rush hour”
For years I keep seeing comments about we the British is coming the British is coming, when they arrive to help out post Irma is was an issue.
Them been saying them need the British to take over cause our government to corrupt, now the British about to run things and were complaining.
We want help and assistance and when we do we complain. People have to realize that a police greatest assistance will be the communication of a working community.