Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"When I was away two weeks ago, we had a murder in the River Valley area and the people had shared with me a number of information in terms of what was happening in this area. I subsequently send those messages to Mr Gabourel and Mr Barrow who are the people in this area where policing is concerned with instructions to address the concerns of the people. I had also promised them that upon my return to country, I would come into the area and make a visit to see what I can do from my office to be able to allay some of their fears where security is concerned and so I came in today, I met with the people, basically there was a PTA, parent teachers meeting, and the principal invited me to be a part of the meeting so that I could convey my message to the people as well as to hear from them what the issues are and so that was done. I am extremely happy for that opportunity and more happy for the feedback of the people in terms of the efforts of the police, yes, some of the complaints are about the police being non-responsive to the security needs of the people but in some areas we also hear that the police is doing well so it's a matter for us to look at the negative aspect of what has been said to see what we can do to correct those issues."

"We continue to get information from people in the area but not to the extent that we can arrest. These people who may have seen what took place are afraid to come forward and give statements to the police. I am hoping that we will be able to convince them very shortly and get statements from them and once that is done then we can move forward in terms of making arrests. The police do have a basic idea in terms of who the perpetrators are and it's just a matter for us to make sure we get the evidence in writing and then we can take it from there."