Topic: Deputy Police Commissioner Kurt Walton

Child safeguarding, illegal gun possession and use, reducing road fatalities and tackling financial crimes are the four main priorities of new police Commissioner Kurt Walton.

With reports of armed robberies the highest recorded in a decade, police say they are adopting new approaches to getting criminals off the streets, including arresting the suspects in the latest crime spree for non-robbery-related offences.

Deputy Police Commissioner Kurt Walton says plans are in the works to add more cameras to the local CCTV network to eliminate blind spots and help police in their crime-detection efforts.

Police have seized 15 firearms over the last 11 months, and while Deputy Police Commissioner Kurt Walton says that is a “good result”, he wants the community to help officers get more off the streets.

Cayman has recorded 14 road deaths to date in 2022, the highest number of fatalities over the last six years, and Deputy Police Commissioner Kurt Walton is appealing to the community to exercise due care while driving to prevent any more loss of lives.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Kurt Walton is calling on motorists to adhere to the rules of the road as he lamented that collisions on Cayman's roads crossed the 2,400 mark for the year to date.

Even with a month-and-a-half to go until year’s end, collisions on Cayman’s roads have already surpassed last year’s overall total, with the jurisdiction now averaging roughly 45 crashes a week, since January.

Deputy Police Commissioner Kurt Walton has said investigators believe Friday's multiple shooting was a targeted attack on two men, one of whom was killed at the scene, and not a random incident.

Hazard Management CI officials have urged Cayman Island residents to prepare accordingly for aftershocks.

Police have detained three suspects in connection with the murder of a Sri Lankan man over the weekend.