And when asked this evening if the witnesses in the case of Trapp versus the minister might be compromised due the power dynamics at play, the COMPOL said he couldn't agree.
He also adamantly denied any accusations of cursing directed at Minister Espat.
Chester Williams, Commissioner
"Certainly, there was some conversation. I didn't see nothing there about cursing out. Like I said before, if you step into a boxing ring with Mike Tyson, you expect to get knock the hell out and you cannot expect that you'll be pet and powdered and lotion there. She stepped into the political arena and she had an exchange of word with the minister. She put herself in that position. In terms of the Minister using curse words to her, there is no such thing in the statements that we recorded."
Reporter
"You expect that the persons out there will in fact speak the truth given that what you are seeing is a minister versus a police officer and ofcourse ministers do have way much power."
Chester Williams, Commissioner
"You'd find that just as what she would say when it comes to a police right, a person may see a hardcore criminal committing a crime. I would never and speak to the police about it, but if they see a police committing an offence, a crime, they will come forward, because they feel more comfortable speaking about the police than speaking about a hardcore criminal, because of fear retributions and they don't think the police will go to the extent of doing them certain things and so I don't think that those persons from whom we recorded statements had any fear. As a matter of fact, many of them were independent minded people who were out there. So, I do not ascribe to the fact that people said what they said because they fear retribution from the minister. I don't think so."
As you heard, whether Espat will file charges against Trapp remains to be seen.
