On last week Thursday, we told you about the lawsuit that the family members of the late Yolando Valencia, are bringing against the disgraced Deputy Police Commissioner, Miguel Segura. As you may remember, she died in that accident when Segura slammed head on into her taxi driver's car.
So, what is Miguel Segura's status as police officer while he awaits criminal trial? Well, his boss, Commissioner Allen Whylie, told us that he is still the Deputy Commissioner of Police, but he is on interdiction with half pay:
Allen Whylie, Commissioner of Police
"Mr. Segura as you know was involved in a very unfortunate incident. He is still the substantive deputy commissioner of police. Since the incident has occurred he had initially been suspended and then later the status changed where he was interdicted from duty. So whilst he is still the substantive deputy commissioner of police, all his policing powers are held in abeyance and he is on basically half pay. Yes, the matter is before the court and when that matter concludes then we know how we move forward."
Daniel Ortiz
"It has taken a while for the criminal trial to progress up to the point where it is and as a result they had to go forward with their civil suit in the absence of a guilty verdict. Can you tell us if you know why it has taken this amount of time?"
Allen Whylie, Commissioner of Police
"Well I don't think that anybody can accused the police of not doing what they do. Once we've arrested and charged then and we are finished with the case file, then it's up to the court to set these things. You must understand that it's an indictable matter and there are a lot of other cases also that were before that matter and so it's the court sets when those matters will be tried."
The civil suit is expected to start on February 15.
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