And in the past, as we recap the crime news over the weekend, you would normally see Communications officer ASP Fitzroy Yearwood giving us the details. He had become the second most visible police officer in the country, behind only the Commissioner of Police.
But on Saturday, the 47-year-old had a massive stroke. It caused serious brain injury and he passed away this afternoon - 72 hours later.
It's a huge loss for the police department since Yearwood was a veteran officer with 26 years experience, and his gregarious personality and easy smile endeared him to many within the ranks, including the Commissioner of Police.
This morning, hours before Yearwood passed away, the ComPol gave us an update on his condition, and had been hoping he would pull through.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"It is certainly a sad day for us as we are still awaiting an update in respect to the condition of Mr Yearwood. Mr Yearwood has been the face of the police department for the past three years interacting with the media, doing the weekly press briefs as well as doing other public relations matters as may be directed by myself or OCED for him to do so in a time like this where he is in the hospital, fighting for his life, we want to ask the nation to please join us in prayers for him and his family and we hope that the good Lord is going to see him through and that he will be able to return to actual duties in due course. I know that he loves what he does as a press officer, he normally does it with a high degree of pride and passion and so for him to be out at this time, it saddens us and we just want to hope for the best going forward."
"I don't want to go into his medical situation, I think that's a private matter for the family. But in terms of his prognosis, the hospital is supposed to do a CT scan today and we are anxiously awaiting the results of that CT scan to see if it is going to yield any good results, we're hoping that will be the case, that it will yield good results in terms of his prognosis and so we just await that result, that CT scan to be done and then we see how things progress from there."
Again, those comments were made this morning before Yearwood's passing.
After his passing late this afternoon, we reached the Commissioner for comment and he told us, quote, "Can't believe it "I was really hoping he would pull through, but God knows best."
Hours before the stroke, many people saw ASP Yearwood at the end of the Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic with his family, and reports are that he was jovial and in good spirits.
