{"id":34142,"date":"2019-05-26T15:15:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T19:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=34142"},"modified":"2019-05-26T15:15:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T19:15:16","slug":"police-operating-illegal-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/police-operating-illegal-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Operating Illegal Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least two applicants that reportedly had their applications for a tavern licence to operate separate bars turned down, have expressed dismay over the discriminatory way the system works for, or against some citizens.<\/p>

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They became even more irate when they learned of an illegal bar being operated at the police Sports complex at Tomlinson’s by a low-ranking serving member of the police force.<\/p>\n

They have reportedly conducted checks at the licensing Magistrate’s court and Customs department, and were informed that the name of the officer concerned did not appear in their official records.<\/p>

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It was also reported that the bar operations were exposed when persons that had paid user’s fees for events at the sports complex, had difficulties in obtaining official police receipts from an officer.<\/p>

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Swift action on the part of the police high command saw the immediate removal of the junior rank, said to have had difficulties in accounting for fees reportedly collected on behalf of the police department.<\/p>\n

The high command was said to have remained tight-lipped over these revelations.<\/p>

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Recently, a female police officer who was accused of soliciting lunch from a traffic offender, had been suspended from duty for corrupt practice.<\/p>\n

She had reportedly let off a male offender who had committed a parking violation at the V.C. Bird International Airport, where the solicitation was alleged to have taken place.<\/p>

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She was reported to be facing disciplinary trial.<\/p>

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Rank and file officers were not only said to be watching the situation at the police sports complex closely, but also how the police high command addressed these reports.<\/p>\n

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