CONTINUING DISSENSION
BY MICAH GEORGE

There is still no end in sight to reports that St. Lucia could be facing a national security dilemma as a result of dissension within the police force.
Investigations by The VOICE this week regarding the dissension proved that the reported conflict in the Royal St. Lucia Police Force is very much a reality.
Several officers have spoken out against several actions taken by the acting Police Commissioner John Broughton, who two years ago was hired by the former administration, along with nine other British officers to work alongside members of the Force to strengthen the Force’s institutional capacity.
The latest rumble from the Force as of yesterday had to do with new offices being sought in the building that once housed Police Headquarters for two of the British officers who were stationed in the South of the island.

The question why are they being brought to Castries and given offices is being asked.
Meanwhile the Nation Newspaper of Barbados yesterday published an article stating that Broughton plans to issue a statement shortly amid press reports that the island could be facing a national security dilemma as a result of dissension within the ranks of the police force.
The Bajan newspaper noted that retired deputy police commissioner Hermangild Francis called on Prime Minister Stephenson King to meet with senior officers to discuss the issue and that Francis said Broughton was not good for the morale of the police officers.
The division between the British and local police officers came to a head recently after the daughter of one of the British officers was allowed to enter a crime scene and take photographs.
Broughton has since addressed that issue but finds himself in hot water after a letter he wrote to Prime Minister King was leaked to the media indicating that none of the local officers were capable of running the Force and urged that a British training school be used to find a suitable person.