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Here's what they had to say:

Daniel Ortiz
"Mr. Williams can you update us on why you are opposing these transfers."

Sgt. Williams - Representative, Police Association
"At this moment, our membership is not pleased about the way transfer are being given to them. What happen is that we are not supporting the manner in the way transfers are now being done because there are rules that regulates the manner in which transfer are being done. The reason our membership came to us is because they have children who are in school and the time period to just give somebody a transfer immediately, without notice, and this time in June - people have already registered their children in school, so we do not support the manner in which transfers are now being done."

Daniel Ortiz
"You are saying that your membership has been ambushed."

Sgt. Williams
"Let's say some it's sort because section 46 and 47 of the service commission states that you should inform a member for this department that he/she will be transfer - inform him/her in January to March for which the transfer will take effect July/August, so that is not the manner in which transfer are now being done."

Daniel Ortiz
"How far have you taken your dissatisfaction with these transfers? Have you approach the Commissioner of Police?"

Sgt. Williams
"Today other members of the executive did as such. The vice president also with Cpl. Arzu went to the commissioner to speak about it."

Daniel Ortiz
"Sir, tell us what that meeting with the Commissioner of Police yielded."

Sergeant Edlin Lozano - Representative, Police Association
"The meeting with the Commissioner of Police yielded fruitful results because what happen is that the association condemned the manner in which transfers is done without appropriate and sufficient time for police officers to be displaced. However, for those police officers who came to the police association - we are representing them, and at this time the commissioner has reassured us that he will deal with those aggrieved police officers."

"The situation is that as long as police officers do not come to us then we cannot really represent them directly because within these transfers there are officers who requested transfer. However, although the commissioner is saying that some of these officers requested transfer months ago, to have a sudden list come out for police officers to be transferred to a new location, is some form of discomfort. The association really condemns that because we do not make a lot of money and you cannot just say that today you will get transfer in the next two weeks and so forth. You need to come up with some sort of financial backing and that's the problem because the transfer grant takes long. There are some officers out there presently who are on transfer for almost a year and change and haven't obtained their transfer grant and that is what we are trying to work with. Finally, I'd like to say that the association position is that we condemn the manner. Let us stick to the transfer policy; inform police officers in the month of January to March and let the guys go July and August."

On Monday, we will follow up on this story.