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27th
Feburary 2010
Police
Officer Down!
 `We
experienced one of the worst tragedies
in recent times when Cpl. Vincent Trevor
Peters was gunned down, on duty, in a
hail of bullets fired by a violent criminal
who had previously declared on TV that
he would bring war to the police, considering
himself as well, if not better-armed than
the officers of the RSLPF.
The VOICE joins the nation in paying tribute
to Cpl. Peters, through the following
statement issued by the office of the
DPP:
Vincent Trevor Peters, was born on August
15th, 1957 in Fond St. Jacques in the
quarter of Soufriere. He was born to Muriel
Peter and Edward James who hailed from
the same community. He spent his early
childhood days with his grandmother Ma
Awe and his grand father in the village
of Choiseul. He attended the Choiseul
Infant School and later moved to take
up residence with his aunt Delicia Peters
at Marchand Boulevard in Castries. During
that time he attended the R.C. Boy’s
Primary School. Having left school, Corporal
Vincent T. Peters sought employment and
joined the Public Service. He first worked
with the Ministry of Education and went
on to the Ministry of Communications and
Works. During that period, he also served
as a Special Reserve Constable. On the
22rd of January 1989 he was recruited
into the Royal St. Lucia Police Force
and received his initial training at the
Police Training School at La Toc in St.
Lucia. After he graduated in June of that
year he worked in various departments
within the Police Force including; Central
Police Station, Traffic Unit, Gros-Islet
Police Station and the Special Services
Unit. Whilst at the Special Services Unit
he received extensive military training
both locally and abroad. He also participated
in several Regional Security System (R.S.S.)
Operations throughout the region. At the
Traffic Unit he was nicknamed “Tanango”
which emanated from his call sign Tango
Papa 11.
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In
the early part of 2004 Corporal Vincent T. Peters
was transferred from the Central Police Station
to the Prosecution Unit in Castries. That Unit
was then under the command of Inspector Sylvia
Desir and based at Central Police Station at
Jeremie Street, Castries. During that same year,
the Crown Prosecution Service was created which
was the amalgamation of all Police Prosecutors
in Castries and crown Counsel at the director
of Public Prosecutions office as one Unit, under
the direction of Mrs. Victoria Charles-Clarke,
Director of Public Prosecutions. Corporal Peters
had been a member of the Crown Prosecution Service
since the amalgamation. At the time of his untimely
death he was a Prosecutor assigned to the D-Court
which is the management court in the Magistrate’s
Court in Castries. Corporal Peters throughout
his life and his tenure in the Public Service
was honest, passionate, industrious, and a very
committed person. He was very intolerant of
criminal activity and in that regard conducted
his duties fearlessly.
He has left behind his immediate family members;
including brothers, sisters, close friends and
colleagues. He was true to his colleagues and
died doing what he always loved i.e. providing
security to the citizenry of St. Lucia and their
property, albeit, at the expense of his own
life. May the memories of Vincent Trevor Peters
bring us together with the resolve necessary
to fight criminal activity and bring our beloved
country back to a state of peace and transquility.
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
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