And because Underwood has been charged for being a member of the gang, he'll no longer be a member of the LIU. Today the ComPol turned what should be an embarrassment into a boast, saying that the program isn't a get out of jail free card, and that the members are expected to abide by the law if they want to continue to benefit from it.
But with the State of Emergency, and the increase in murders over the past few weeks, is the LIU failing? That's what we asked the ComPol.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"In everything that we do there is always going amiss. Something might not go proper and whenever you're dealing with human beings, the fact that we all have our own characteristics, our own mentality, we think different from each other. People are going to do contrary of what is expected of them. In any organization you go you find that maybe somebody who is not going to toe the line of the organization. It's just human nature. The fact that we have persons who are a part of LIU who as expected of them should not mean that the entire program is not good. If the program saves 1, 2 or 3 or 4 lives it works. When like what someone said to me, if you save a life, you save a generation and that is true."
"The fact that we have detained some persons who are connected to LIU or who are from LIU as a part of the SOE, it goes to show that being a member of LIU is not a get out of jail free card, because some might have that have that mentality that oh because I am a part of LIU they can't do me anything. No. When you are part of LIU, expect that you are going to do things that are in line with LIU standards and the minute you step out of that, then you must be sanctioned. It's as simple as that."
"While we look at one particular area that is a part of LIU and they have, we can also look at the other 10 areas that are a part that really and truly holding up. So if you have 1 out of 10, how could it be that its failing. It shows that it's still working."
