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And turning back now to our interview with Commissioner Chester Williams, we asked him about Minister Kareem Musa's comments about the evidence keeper's civilian status. Musa suggested that since he was a civilian and not a sworn member of the a disciplined force - the infraction was not a direct reflection of bad policing.
But, we asked, doesn't he still work for police and still have to adhere to strict police procedures - especially in evidence handling?
Reporter
"Sir, The Minister went to great lengths to blame this on the civilian exhibit keeper. But isn't that splitting hairs? The police department is the police department."
Chester Williams, Commissioner Of Police
"But Cherise, sometimes I think that they made us stretch things too far and it begs to wonder what the motive of some media houses are.How could a responsible reporter say that the police departments have done certain things when clearly all indications is seen that a person on his own accord did something without following the procedure that is in place. Now, Had the exhibit keeper followed the process, i.e. contacted his commander, Ms. Elrington, to say to her. We have some items here that is really and truly having the exhibit room smelling bad I would like to seek your permission to have these items discarded."
"His commander would have then wrote to me as the commissioner and say the exhibit keeper is saying x, y, z in respect to x, y, z, we seek a permission. If we can have the items disposed of. I would have sent the team from Belmopan to go and inspect the items to make sure that these items are not subject to any investigation, active investigation, or a matter before the court. And if I were to be advised that the matter involving these items were still active, I would have said no."
"If I were to find out that the matter would have been closed and there was no use for them, then I would have said to dispose of them. I would have guided them in terms of how to dispose of it. So how now can you say that the Commissioner, or the Minister or the Police, We have to be real, right? We have to take things for what they truly are and stop make things more than what they are. We have to be reasonable."
