And from the women who recently passed away to the 14-year-old boy who was killed. Laddie Gillet's death has shaken the country and there have been numerous protests across the districts. Yet another candlelight vigil is planned for tomorrow at Battlefield Park. And while they have been generally peaceful, there was one incident of tyre fires in Camalote. We asked Minister Musa if he's worried that the protests will become more violent.

Hon. Kareem Musa - Minister of Home Affairs
"We have to allow the public to grieve and properly ventilate their concerns because it has been a very long chapter in this book of police excessive in terms of unjustifiable use of force so that's a very serious concern, it's a real concern. You may recall two years ago my good friend Allyson Major was gunned down on Regent Street, I was irate then as I am now over the killing of young Laddie. A young, promising boy who loved sports, who loved his family, so we're all torn, we're all hurt by the killing of Laddie and I'm certain that wherever that police officer is today, he is regretting that moment over and over in his head because I don't think that he is a bad person per se, at least from all of the reports that I've gotten, so I'm sure he feels remorse and regret, it's just a real tragic error in judgement on his part."

But the public, including the Special Envoy and the PM, have said there needs to be consequences and a reform of the police department. Today, we asked Musa how he plans to reform a department that's been there for decades:

Hon. Kareem Musa
"It definitely won't be overnight Courtney and a lot of people have expressed to me that they can see where I am implementing change, it's only been 8 months, but if you look back even at the start of our recruitment for squad 95, I have insisted you must have a high school degree, and never before in the police department's history must you have a high school diploma, it was always based on politics, never before it was a requirement that you had to pass the police exam and so even the revisiting, the curriculum that is taught at the training academy to include community oriented policing, to include strategies regarding that use of force and proper training like you're saying. That is all very important, but for the next 90% of our officers out there, we have to bring them back for training. 2 or 3 months ago was the first time I can tell you this that officers were actually taken, this is officer from the special patrol unit, I personally took them to the shooting range so that they could get a refresher on how to utilize their firearm, before that was never done, that was never the focus. That was only for one unit, but we have to do it for all the units in the department. Now when we talk reform, we have to talk about the structure, the discipline, we have to look at the modern police officer and see what are his and her challenges to see how we can adequately address them because like I said they're going through a lot of emotional and mental turmoil themselves so we as a department have to provide for them which would include getting them assistance from a phycologist, getting them medical professionals to advise them in terms of their health so there's a lot of different things that we're implementing when it comes to reform."

Courtney Menzies
"Do you think six months is enough at the training academy when they're being recruited?"

Hon. Kareem Musa
"It's good in terms of their training but the real training, just like any other profession, I studied for five years in the legal profession, but that could never prepare me for what I faced in court, but one the job training is also important. So, when they come out of the training academy is when the real training begins and that is where proper supervision from the hierarchy is needed to ensure that these young officers are properly trained to deal with members of the public in a very professional manner."