Topic: RCIPS
Armed men rob Al La Kebab food stand
Two gun-toting men robbed the Al La Kebab food stand off West Bay Road on Monday evening, injuring one patron and firing one shot in the air.
Governor says Baines is owed payout
Outgoing Royal Cayman Islands Police Commissioner David Baines is due his final year’s pay and benefits – including more than $130,000 in salary – following his separation from the police service a year before the end of his contract, according to Governor Helen Kilpatrick’s office.
Baines to leave post as commissioner at end of May
Royal Cayman Islands Police Service Commissioner David Baines will be leaving his post at the end of May.
EDITORIAL – The problem with crime in Cayman
The Cayman Islands remains in denial about many issues, including the problem of crime.
Two years later, police modular cells open
Replacement police holding cells, which had lain idle since their arrival on Grand Cayman in April 2014, opened earlier this month, Royal Cayman Islands Police Service officials confirmed last week.
Revolver, cocaine seized in George Town house search
Police arrested five people following a search of a home in George Town on Friday. Two of those arrested were charged and appeared in court on firearms possession charges on Monday.
Four injured in GT crash
Four people were hospitalized after an early Saturday morning crash in central George Town.
Trial begins for woman accused of killing daughter
Prosecutors say Tamara Butler stabbed her 6-year-old daughter dozens of times in their family home, opening the case against the wife of a high-ranking Royal Cayman Islands Police Service officer.
UPDATE: Police investigate teacher assault
A teacher at Clifton Hunter High School was assaulted and his car was vandalized in two separate incidents last week.
Police call for search volunteers for 5 missing at sea
Police and volunteers are searching for a small boat that went missing Sunday with five people, including two children, aboard.
Second high-ranking female officer departs RCIPS
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is reorganizing several senior staff members following the departure of a second high-ranking female commander since the start of the year.
Traffic tickets up in eastern districts
Royal Cayman Islands Police Service officers issued nearly five dozen traffic citations last week in Grand Cayman’s eastern districts.
EDITORIAL – Clink, clink; Drink, drink; Wink, wink
According to police data on traffic offenses, the number of charges for DUI (that is, “drink driving”) declined by 36 percent in 2015, compared to the previous year. Let’s be honest. The DUI numbers can be virtually anything we choose them to be.
Road fatalities triple compared to 2014
The number of road deaths tripled in 2015 compared to 2014, according to statistics released Thursday by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service.
Police investigate indecent assault, child pornography cases
Police in Cayman are investigating a case of indecent assault and a child pornography case.
Call for police award nominations launched
The call for nominees for 2016 Royal Cayman Islands Police Service Awards was launched with a reception hosted by Governor Helen Kilpatrick at Government House on Tuesday night.
NRA worker killed in motorcycle wreck
A man who spent the better part of the last decade working at the Cayman Islands National Roads Authority died Sunday night in a car-motorcycle collision.
Shots fired, fake gun arrest
Royal Cayman Islands Police officers found three spent shell casings following an early morning call in central George Town Monday.
Construction materials stolen from unfinished high school
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is investigating the theft of construction materials, including copper wire, from a storage area on the John Gray High School construction site.
