PWA President Says Police Officers Sharing Bulletproof Vests

Police Welfare Association (PWA) President Camron Laure, highlighting the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) resource needs, disclosed that officers share bulletproof vests. “You have police officers today still sharing a bulletproof vest. You know, that you come to work, you are being given a bulletproof vest to perform your duties. You drop it back at the end of your tour and the tour that’s coming in uses that very same vest,” Laure explained. He described the situation as unacceptable. In this regard, Laure emphasized the need for every officer to receive personal protective equipment. He explained that the job was dangerous and the risks were higher. The PWA President spoke Wednesday night during the DBS Television programme, Newsmaker Live. He acknowledged awareness of the government’s assertion that it had provided unprecedented vehicles and equipment to the RSLPF. However, he declared that the vehicles and equipment were replacements. The PWA President disclosed that he had yet to see a significant equipment presentation to the RSLPF since the 2007 Cricket World Cup. ” Since that time, it has been replacing. So we have not had any significant increase in terms of vehicles and equipment needed,” Laure told Newsmaker Live. He said...