And on Wednesday, you heard the ComPol say he was disappointed in the result coming out of the Tribunal for officers Elmer Nah and Manuel Caliz. They were acquitted of the charge of failure to obey a lawful order, in relation to the ammunition they were found with in November of last year.
Today, though, Minister Musa emphasized that it wouldn't end just like that, and that the commissioner will be reviewing the notes of the tribunal.
Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs
"I believe the charge against Elmer Nah at the Tribunal concerned the possession of ammunition, excess amount of ammunition, and there is another police officer I am told again who took the rap so to speak to say he's the one who signed out that ammunition, so I don't want to get into the particulars of the Tribunal, I do know the commissioner of police is going to be reviewing the notes of evidence to see if the adjudicator in any way erred, having heard all the evidence that was put before him because from what I understand again I would have to check the notes of evidence myself but the vehicle that the officer Richard was saying that the ammunition was in was not the same vehicle that it was in, it was actually in Mr Nah's vehicle, so those are little things that we have to look at to see if in fact the judge erred in making that decision."
Courtney Menzies:
"Sir where are we in terms of getting these rogue cops out of the system?"
Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs
"I don't see it as an issue of remaining in the force, if you look at our track record, just in the last two years, we have dismissed close to 150 police officers for instances like this, this is not a done deal, I'm telling you that right away, when it comes to officer Nah because we have reports while some of them not formal, reports that are very concerning and that we have to look at very seriously and like you said, we cannot continue to tolerate officers who are rogue, whether it is for neglect, whether it is for abuse, or whether it is for corruption, we will not tolerate that and we have a very proud track record in the last two years of this dismissing those officers and we will continue to do so but we have to do so again with a mind that justice must be served, there is a process and like I said, the commissioner of police is now reviewing the notes of evidence."
Nah and Caliz remain on interdiction pending their criminal trial - where they are charged as part of the Bladen 11 - allegedly playing a part in the landing of a drug plane on the southern highway.
