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Police Officers are staging a sit in to force Acting Commissioner of Police Atlee Rodney to address one of their concerns.<\/p>

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According to reports, about\u00a0 60 officers are currently seated at the Police Recreation Grounds building.<\/p>\n

Their action concerns a request for leave so that the welfare officers can represent the association in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.<\/p>

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The acting chair of the Police Welfare Association Corporal Marilyn Harris is reported as saying that says the Commissioner has sought to dismiss the authority of the Association.<\/p>

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The association as written to Rodney and the Permanent Secretary about the matter.<\/p>\n

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