New Commissioner of Police Colin Farquhar has reportedly been busy trying to correct problems in the operation of the Royal Turks and Caicos Police Force.
One of his top priorities is to find a suitable new location for the police headquarters. Farquhar is apparently targeting the old Myrtle Rigby Clinic building, which was closed when the national health care scheme moved all primary care into the hospitals. It remains empty.
A new possibility, seemingly in a better location, is the headquarters building of the Progressive National Party (PNP) on Airport Road. This building sits on land still owned by the government, where it was built without permission of the planning department and without a building permit or inspections.
The PNP is attempting to regain control of the property but angry residents are saying that for the PNP party to be able to succeed in this process while many other private parties have lost their land with less violation of regulations is a sign of prejudice on the part of the interim government.
Farquhar is encouraging more female recruits for the cadet corps and has said that the matter of a 20-year-old policeman having carnal knowledge of a minor is currently in the court system.
