We must note the alarming revelation that the country's top cop learned about a major security breach like that from our morning show.
But the San Ignacio cops cluelessness about what actually happened that night at SICH may be because according to the doctors, the police fled the scene when the gangsters started to threaten and intimidate everyone in sight.
Today in Belize City the commissioner told the press that they didn't flee, in fact the police had to respond to a stabbing and they only had one vehicle:
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"The reason why the police did not respond when they were called was because it was a busy night in San Ignacio. The police had other complaints that they were dealing with and so they could not have responded on time as the hospital would have requested and I do agree with the hospital and the police as well and we have to strike a balance but we have to find a solution moving forward to make sure that should there be any reoccurrence that what took place or the sequence of events that took place that night in question do not reoccur."
"The police were at a stabbing they were at a stabbing I think they were at a burglary and I think there was another issue at a village. The police only had one vehicle that night that they could have utilized and so that was an issue. As I said this morning on Sun Up when I was there that the police in San Ignacio do have a mobility issue. Two of our vehicles are down due to the fact that we cannot source parts from the local dealers and so we are trying to see how we can get those vehicles up and running so the police will be able to have their full fleet of mobiles available to be able to respond to the calls of the public."
Police sources tell us that restriction to one vehicle for patrols was the product of a directive from the commissioner which prevented the use of other police vehicles for patrols.
