Dear Editor,
THE Georgetown City Council with the impenitent sins that prevail there can undoubtedly be likened to the modern-day version of Sodom and Gomorrah, the cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis. Unfortunately, divine judgment is not being passed down on the Council — not that anyone is asking for fire and brimstone. However, once again there are reports circulating in the media of sexual predators in the Georgetown City Constabulary abusing their powers to target hapless juveniles whom they arrest and detain on some frivolous reason in order to satisfy their aberrant desires.
Quite alarmingly, the accused officer was allowed to continue to carry out his duties and normal work routine since August 22nd of this year, despite senior persons at City Hall receiving a report from an eyewitness and whistleblower two days after the alleged incident. In fact, one can only conclude that some attention was reluctantly given to this very troubling matter only after the matter was raised in the satirical column of a local newspaper.
The suggestion that the matter would be investigated by the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council and the full Council, is akin to trying the devil in hell, as many senior functionaries there have been accused of many bizarre and unlawful acts, but were just never charged. Why are the national police not being called in and the individual handed over to them.
The fact that this constable was fired before, on allegations of similar misconduct with another juvenile but was re-employed and given back his rank and original conditions of service, speaks volumes about the venality of senior functionaries at City Hall. One wonders if the victims are ever compensated by City Hall? Victims such as the two who were allegedly molested by this constable are seriously damaged. The damage is far deeper, because they trusted the police and believed that the police were supposed to protect them from harm and help catch and punish those who perpetrate such crimes against them. This breach of that trust has an enormous effect on young persons who feel that if they can’t trust a police officer, who can they trust? They lose their confidence in everyone, even those in authority. It is one of the worst crimes that can be committed and when committed by an officer of the law, it becomes one of the greatest abuses of power. It must be dealt with seriously by City Hall and not covered up.
Pictures and details of this errant constable should be published as a paedophile if he is found guilty so that parents, head teachers, youth leaders and others could be warned to keep their children away from him. But then again, this level of deviancy at the City Constabulary and protection by senior officials at City Hall is not new as one can recall a little while back of a senior rank there in a drunken state, attacking and viciously beating a young female in Sophia, the female who is also in the employ of the Council, with his service pistol, and after being arrested by the national police, was rescued by an even more senior officer and even subsequently promoted.
Regards
Riley Matthews