And while the police will be called upon in an exceptional capacity to ensure the health and peace of the nation's election, the Commissioner is wary of particular regulation bending requests from either side of the political spectrum. He says the department is committed to providing equal treatment across the board.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Politicians are going to come to us with requests. If a politician comes to us with a request whether it's the PUP of the UDP or the BPP whichever one of them. If it is a request that we can do for them without breaking the law or without acting contrary to our ethical rules then by all means we can facilitate. But if it is that it is a request that is going to diminish our integrity in the eyes of the public or if it is that it goes against our procedures and rules then we are not to facilitate. At the end of the day as police officers, we may all have our political preferences but we must not allow our political preference to cloud our police judgment. We must be fair and impartial to everybody and what is done for one political party must be done for the other. We do not want to appear to be treating any political party better than how we treat others. We must be fair across the board and that is my thing to my officers. I don't care which political party they want to support but I would expect that one they are discharging their duties as the police that policing must be at the forefront of their thinking and ensure that they discharge their duty as has been said by our oath without favor, affection, or ill will to anybody and once that is done then, I don't have an issue."
