But even though Barrow is running NPC meetings by chat group, he still finds time to criticize the Commissioner of Police, the Minister, and the department. On Wednesday, we told you that the UDP issued a press release stating that murders in September had increased by 167% when compared to last year.
The press release then went on to list seven incidents, in which eight people were killed. However, as the ComPol pointed out today, only five of those incidents were classified as murders.
So in reality, the number of recorded murders was only up by 2 when compared to September 2023.
Before he responded, the compol wanted to be clear on which faction of the party was making the claims:
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Which of the UDP is that? There's the UDP and the UDP Alliance."
Courtney Menzies:
"The one that Shyne runs."
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"That one only has one member though. [laughs]. Again, I don't know how Shyne arrived at his numbers. We have a total of 71 murders so far this year. For the month of September, we had 5 murders compared to three last year. So we are two above last year, and of the five murders, two were domestic, the guy, Guzman who killed the two women in the house in Corozal, the family issue. And then we had the one with the two brothers in Bella Vista where they were drinking and one kill the next one. I don't understand how Shyne expect police to prevent those from happening. And the other murders, we had one in Cotton Tree where the two neighbors had an argument over loud music or something and the next one went and killed the other one. How could we prevent that? Again, at the end of the day, I don't know what to say about my friend but again it's a case where he is playing on the lives of people for his own political aggrandizement and I think that's wrong and he needs to be called out for it. You in the media know the figures. Call out the man, that's all I will say."
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