But were officers actually sent home on Monday? Well, media reports said yes, but the ComPol initially denied these claims. He called out the media house for what he calls "mischief" and told us that no officers were sent home on Monday - while at the same time admitting that one corporal was sent home in Orange. Walk.
Chester Williams - Commissioner of Police
"Now I know that on Monday there was a page on Facebook, it calls itself Breaking Belize News, but I like to call it False Belize news. They publish some information that we were sending people home in Corozal, Orange Walk, and San Pedro when in fact that was not so. We did have one person who was sent home in Orange Walk. San Pedro as you know has a very high rate of vaccinated officers, so does Corozal and orange walk, those are the three areas with the highest number of vaccinated officers. And so, the information that they shared was not accurate at all. And these are mischief that we need to dispel, even there's one called Hot Off the Press, I'd like to change that as well to false press hood which says there was a possible corona infestation at the academy, not one person here is infected. We continue to do our training in a bubble, and we continue to ensure that our recruits and our instructors and our staff comply with the provisions of the regulations. I'm proud to say that all our recruits have been vaccinated so that is a very good step going forward and we continue to implore our officers in the streets to get vaccinated."
