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Sr Supt Williams, The Attorney, Frowns On His Past Tactics
posted (July 6, 2015)
So, now that he is a trained attorney, does Senior Superintendent Williams look back on his years as a tough street cop with regret or shame. Surprisingly to us, today he acknowledged that he knows better now:...

Jules Vasquez
"Sir you are now a trained attorney. How does that knowledge of the law both theoretical and practical, how will that apply to your work now and specifically as it addresses one of the issues that has "dog" you throughout your career. Maybe they don't say it to your face but they certainly say it behind your back that, "Chester, will get you arrest but it's a statistical arrest.""

Sr. Supt Chester Williams, Commander Eastern Division South
"Jules, I will say that I am no saint. In the past, yes I used to do things in a certain way that probably it could have been done better, having now been trained legally I am more familiar with the way how the law operates and I intend to used my legal knowledge to make this division more effective and I will tell you, I do not believe in statistical arrest, because last year over the summer, I happened to do internship at the Solicitor General's Ministry and the amount of money I see the Government of Belize paying out for police brutality and different police misconduct, it is appalling. And if the Government could save those money, we could get ourselves some resources. So I have a zero tolerance on police brutality. We will police with common sense and not by force."

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