Topic: Community Policing Department

Cayman's community police are back on the beat after they were redeployed last year amid a personnel shortage

Community police officers are back on the beat across Grand Cayman, the service has announced

Lawmakers have approved a $74.3 million budget for police, coast guard and regimental services for the coming year, an increase of nearly $15 million compared to what was originally budgeted for 2025.

The future of community policing remains uncertain, after the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service reassigned beat officers to various internal departments to curb escalating gun crime.

Police Commissioner Kurt Walton is looking to increase staffing in the RCIPS, including the community policing unit, in the aftermath of the 25 Feb. shooting at Ed Bush Stadium.

More than five years after Commissioner Derek Byrne took over at the helm of the RCIPS with the goal of rebuilding relations between the police and the community, he says there have been tremendous improvements, but it's a never-ending journey that will require constant maintenance between both sides.

They may have the most beautiful beat in the world, but Seven Mile Beach’s new community police officers say there is serious business to attend to at Cayman’s busiest tourist hot spot.

East End residents got to share their thoughts with their local constables on Thursday, when the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service held a community meeting at the East End Presbyterian Church Hall.

On March 21, a suspected cockfighting ring in Newlands was broken up and 80 roosters seized.