In our last segment, we told you all about GINO Peck's stay of execution at the mitigation hearing. To our memory, it is the first time -that a person convicted of firearm offences is not sent automatically to jail.
But, while he dodged that bullet, Peck and his family are compelled to appeal the conviction because he has a lot at risk. Whenever an officer is convicted of criminal offences, the practice is that his retirement benefits are stripped of him, and that's after that officer is fired.
But according to officers we've spoken to, the matters of Peck's pension, gratuity and years of service are ultimately in the hands of the Commissioner of Police. We asked Commissioner Allen Whylie about it, and here's what he told us:
Daniel Ortiz
"Is it at risk because of this conviction?"
Allen Whylie, Commissioner of Police
"His case has just concluded, I will review and then we decide where we go from there. It will be premature at this point in time to say anything else on that matter."
Daniel Ortiz
"Will he be facing disciplinary charges in additions to these conviction or is this conviction as far as it goes when it comes to his punishments?"
Allen Whylie, Commissioner of Police
"Again I will say that its premature at this juncture. I need to look at the entire situation and see where we go from here."
ASP Calbert Flowers - Deputy OC, Police Precinct #2
"We'll still be in the process of appealing this matter to relieve from these charges all together."
Mike Rudon, Reporter Ch5
"Just to clarify - that would have been 
justice in your point if he would have been cleared completely."
ASP Calbert Flowers - Deputy OC, Police Precinct #2
"Right, that would have been justice in my eye."
Daniel Ortiz
"Do you support the notion that if other Officers were search right now, ammunition would be found in their home. Isn't this something out of the ordinary?"
Supt. Linden Flowers, Commandant Police Training Academy
"It is something that is not unusual for officers to have ammunition at their house. The laws are there to be upheld. It is not to be rampantly used to and from. Gino Peck was in a particular position that he was at any time of the day called upon to respond to situations. As a former officer of the Serious Crimes Squad and operational units, I have and until current (I will not tell you where I 
live) have had to keep and use ammunition that is there. It is one that we will immediately take a stock of because from time to time you can be exposed to the ills of the law. The law is there to protect against use or selling or contra-banding firearms or ammunition and it is a day that we will take stock of."
The Gino Peck case has caused Simeon Sampson and a group of Senior attorneys at the Bar to start making preparations to challenge the mandatory jail sentences for the firearm convictions.
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