There is no police investigation under way concerning the hurricane debris removal company MC Restoration, Chief Inspector Raymond Christian said on Thursday.
Mr. Christian made the comments when queried about an article appearing in the 16 June edition of Cayman Net News that suggested there might be a probe of MC Restoration under way.
‘I can tell you categorically that MC Restoration is not a subject of any investigation,’ he said. ‘In fact, they are assisting us with an inquiry.’
Mr. Christian said he was the officer in charge of an internal inquiry into the actions of a police officer who has been suspended.
‘The only reason MC Restoration was involved is because the officer was hired by them.’
Mr. Christian explained that MC Restoration hired some police officers to do security work for the company on their days off.
‘I made it clear from day one that MC Restoration is not subject to this investigation,’ he said.
‘The media tends to write things that catch the eye of readers so they can sell more newspapers.’
MC Restoration owner Tom Moffitt was incredulous about the newspaper report.
‘There is no probe in MC Restoration,’ he said. ‘We just paid police officers to provide us security. I gave a two-page statement to the police about that a couple of months ago.’
Mr. Moffitt said he met the police officer in question when the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service visited the site where MC Restoration was taking delivery of equipment to conduct Hurricane Ivan debris removal and processing.
The Heavy Equipment Contractors Association and others objected to the debris removal contract being given to MC Restoration.
‘There had been some threats about burning our equipment,’ Mr. Moffitt said, which was something Chief Inspector Christian confirmed.
‘They needed law enforcement there to assist them,’ he said. ‘They looked to police in terms of keeping their equipment from being compromised or vandalised.’
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