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Police Commissioner favours video taping interviews with suspects

Nov 16, 2008 News

Acting Police Commissioner Henry Greene says that he favours the video taping of interviews with persons in police custody.

But he says that the facilities do not exist at present for this to be put into practice. 
“Right now, we are building a number of interview rooms; we are building rooms for domestic violence; we are remodelling stations.

“After these are completed, it would be easier (to do). We must agree that video taping suspects can’t be done now in an open police station.

“Yes, it is something that we recognise could remove voir dires (trials within trials), once it is properly done and the tape is properly preserved.”

Commissioner Greene was responding to queries on the use of video taped interviews in the wake of recent allegations of brutality that have been levelled against members of the Joint Services.

Alliance For Change (AFC) co-leader Khemraj Ramjattan recently suggested that police make video recordings of their interrogations to ensure that persons in custody are not subjected to brutality.

Ramjattan also said that this practice would protect law enforcement ranks from false claims of misconduct.
The suggestion was made shortly after two senior prison officers were charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of prison inmate Edwin Niles.

Niles succumbed last July from burns he allegedly sustained while being questioned about ammunition that was found on his person.

And, last month, James Nelson, a 47-year-old man with a history of mental illness, was found dead in the Brickdam Police Station lockups.

An autopsy revealed that Nelson sustained injures to his chest and spleen after being beaten.
Greene revealed that a report on the investigation into the prisoner’s demise has been submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

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