The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force will no longer include the names of people who have been arrested in its weekly arrest blotter, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton said yesterday.
Ms. Drayton disclosed this information shortly after sending out a blotter with all names omitted, but she declined to comment on who created the new policy or why it was established.
Earlier this month, Ms. Drayton also declined a request to provide a copy of the RVIPF Confidentiality, Crime and Media Policy.
“I have been advised that the RVIPF Media Policy forms part of a list of internal operational policies and not for public consumption,” she wrote in response to a request for the document. “Therefore the answer is no.”
Blotter
The arrest blotter Ms. Drayton released yesterday is as follows. A 15-year-old male was arrested and charged with burglary on Oct. 6.
A 29-year-old male, of Purcell Estate, was arrested and charged with being armed with an offensive weapon on Oct. 7.
A 47-year-old male, of Petty Pasture, Virgin Gorda, was arrested and charged with theft on Oct. 8.
A 20-year-old male, of Long Bush, was arrested and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm on Oct. 9 A 61-year-old male was arrested and charged with burglary on Oct. 10.
A 26-year-old male was arrested and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm on Friday.
A 53-year-old male, of Carrot Bay, was arrested and charged with cultivation of cannabis on Friday. He was granted bail with one surety.