There are gangs operating in St. Vincent (SVG). ACP Trevor Bailey made this revelation during his guest appearance on ‘Voices,’ a Monday night talk show broadcast on WEFM.
Bailey said there is a command structure and duties assigned to individuals, among other things.
“I would classify them and say yes, because when I look at how some of them operate, I’m seeing a structure.” There’s a command structure. There are duties that are assigned to persons. There’s some that you cannot go out and do certain things without the express approval of the leadership. That is well defined. Should we allow it to go on? I would say a resounding no.”
“We see them engage in robberies. We know that they engage in offences of murder. We know that they engage in narcotics, and it requires careful analysis and may even require a deeper analysis, a deeper search investigation into the operations of these gangs.”.
“The gangs have colour codes, they have names, and they even have places that they consider their turf or territory, so they lay claim to those areas.”
Bailey, however, sent a strong message to such persons.
“That will never happen anywhere in SVG. Nobody will be allowed to lay any claim to any geographic space. It is not theirs, and I’m hoping that the organisation long after me will ensure that doesn’t happen.”
“If we allow any gang, any group to just spring up and say that between hospital corner and French’s belongs to us, the barracks are between hospital corner and French’s. So you going to own the barracks? We can’t allow those things to happen. And if anybody has that kind of idea, that kind of mindset, go to sleep tonight knowing that it’s only in your head that you own it,” Bailey said.
