Barbados- Barbadian Police gets treated like Guyanese Visitors to Barbados

CARICOM condemns search of police officers in Barbados Published on Thursday, March 8, 2007.
The searching of Police officers in Barbados by ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 security officials has been condemned by Caribbean officials responsible for regional security mechanisms for the tournament.
Chairperson of the CARICOM sub committee for CWC security, Mia Mottley, Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados, says she is most disturbed at such a development and stressed that, on the regional front, every effort was made to guard against any such development.“It must be understood that in every CARICOM Member State police officers are accorded certain responsibilities under the law. Their authority as set out in law cannot be varied by any agreement. It will not be tolerated,” she said.“I am most disappointed that such a thing could have happened and wish to stress that I hope it will not happen again and that CWC will assure that their private security understand the limitations to their powers,” the Deputy Prime Minister stressed.
The action was also condemned by Barbados’ Commissioner of Police. The searching of the police officers at the start of the warm up match between Scotland and Sri Lanka on Monday in Barbados has been the subject of widespread public outcry in that country.The Deputy Prime Minister emphasised that the action by CWC officials was most unsatisfactory and will not be supported.“The Caribbean is hosting Cricket World Cup 2007 and the governments have made a tremendous financial investment in this tournament. We are committed to its success but there has to be an understanding and an appreciating of the laws as well as of certain norms, procedures and practices. We will not stand by and accept such treatment of police and other law enforcement personnel. It is unacceptable,” she stressed.She added that there had been prolonged discussions between CARICOM Member States and CWC officials long before the commencement of the tournament in respect of this issue. These discussions had clarified the role and responsibility of the national police forces in relation to enforcement of law and order and the primacy of the police in respect of national security within any Host Country, over and above the role of CWC officials or private security. The Deputy Prime Minister stated that the authority of the police was a fundamental element of national law that could not be ignored or suborned.She added that there will be dialogue with CWC officials to ensure that such action will not be repeated.

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