Compol: Attorney Representing Both Accused Officers and Accused Persons from Other Busts

Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams expressed disappointment that Attorney Dickie Bradley is the defense attorney for the men who were charged in the November fifth drug bust, when he said the Belize Police Department had hoped Bradley, who has spoken out against the plane landings, would have opted to prosecute the defendants. Now, Williams says, this new bust involving another police officer, compounds the problem for the Police Department.

Chester Williams

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“I wish that Dickie Bradley had not opted to defend the plane landers and would have opted to prosecute the matter for us. I don’t know if that was said at the bail hearing. I can tell you right now that I have some serious concerns because these same police officers, as you would know, have been active across the country and they were very much results-oriented. They made a number of drug busts across the country and the sad part is that Mr. Bradley is representing some of the accused persons that these policemen have charged. Now he’s their attorney. You could do the math from there. There’s a clear conflict of interest because now he is the attorney for the officers are supposed to testify in cases against some of his clients.”