Chief Daniel Carbon says police obligated by law, to investigate the February 7th violence in Roseau

​Police Chief, Daniel Carbon says the police have a legal obligation to investigate the violence that took place in Roseau on the night of 7th February, and people must be brought in for questioning as part of the investigation.
 
In a statement on Wednesday afternoon, he called for calm, and urged the public to support the police. He noted that the police have an obligation to investigate the criminal conduct and acts of violence which took place in the city on the night of 7th February. However, Carbon did not acknowledge that the unrest took place several hours after the peaceful UWP / DFP meeting had already ended.
 
Carbon said, “The investigations are ongoing and must run very deep. The police must bring in people they believe that can assist them in the investigations; suspects as well those who were allegedly involved in the violence and criminal conduct. This is a job the police must do.”
 
There has been some level of unrest among members of opposition parties after DFP Executive member Dr Sam Christian was arrested and charged last week, with inciting violence, for a statement he allegedly made in 2015. UWP Senator, Dr Thomson Fontaine was taken in for questioning on Sunday. He was released without any charge on Monday.
 
Former UWP Deputy Leader Claudius Sanford was taken into custody at 5:30 am yesterday morning, for questioning. Sanford was released in the afternoon, after he was told that he would be charged with obstruction. No bail was discussed.
 
However, Carbon has called on the public to remain calm and allow the police to carry out their duty. He said, “I am asking members of the public to be calm, and allow the police to conduct their investigations. I am calling on the members of the public not to hinder the police, or obstruct the police from doing their work. It is a job that we must do.”
 
He stated that the police are not looking for any confrontation with members of the public. He added, “We have to do the job without any favour malice or ill will. We are obliged and compelled by law, to do that work; we must investigate, and people must be interviewed as part of the investigations”.