Yesterday in San Ignacio the BNE Trust made a donation of household appliances to Cayo Police.
Now, that doesn't sound like the kind of thing that Police would need - but, they do, because the officer commanding's residence is a most un-inviting place.
So to encourage the officer to stay in Cayo and live amongst the community her serves, BNE chipped in with the contribution:..
David Henderson, Commissioner of Police
"Many times they have been transfer and we do not have proper housing and again welfare is key, we cannot force somebody to stay if he is not comfortable."
Chester Williams, Senior Superintendent
"I confronted my friend Mr. August and I told him that probably the day he just could do a project for the police and assist in furnishing the officers' quarters even though I will not be here to enjoy it but I believe that the person who should come after me should be able to live comfortable while they serve the people of Cayo District."
Alberto August, BNE Trust
"One of the responsibilities, one of the mandates of the Belize Natural Energy Trust is to ensure apart from assisting the educational infrastructure is to ensure that we assist in preserving the social environment of the community. One of the ways that we do that in this particular aspect is to ensure that the officer commanding this formation after he puts in 8 hours work that he can go to a comfortable location and rest his head."
Yesterday was also the last day in office for the Officer Commanding Cayo - Senior Superintendent Chester Williams. He now returns to Law School in Barbados - but without blowing his own horn, he did blow his own horn about his accomplishments while he was the OC.
Chester Williams, Senior Superintendent
"We see where we fight daily to tackle the crime wave and we are getting there. We are not where we want to be. I have the statistics for the year January - August this year and January - August last year and you will see where there is a -84 reduction in major incidents in the Cayo Districts and you will also see in the statistics that the two lowest crime month ever recorded in the Cayo District will be the month of July and August of this year. That is not attributed to me. I must give thanks to my officers."
And those must be some pretty big shoes to fill because Williams's replacement has not yet been named.
He flies back to Barbados tomorrow.
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