Police officer is suspected in missing monies from police exhibit room
On Wednesday’s newscast, we reported that thousands of dollars had gone missing from the Police Department’s exhibit room. It has since been confirmed that one of the suspects in custody is a police officer and the other works closely with the department. Information is that the cop is still being questioned but has not yet given a written statement. But investigators are hoping that when he does, he will give evidence against the second suspect. The officer, whose name is being withheld, is asking for immunity, but that has not been agreed to. The detained cop, we are told, is the same officer that initially reported the monies missing and that was followed by an official report to the Department which was made by the Exhibit Keeper, Noel Muschamp. A total of twelve thousand dollars have disappeared; three thousand US which was the remainder of cash confiscated from businessman Diego Witz and another six thousand Belize dollars, believed to be counterfeit, that was confiscated from a Chinese businessman.
He failed to do his job & now he wants immunity to tell his version of the truth. I am surprised he can walk considering the pair he is hauling around.
Not only crooked but stupid to steal COUNTERFEIT money!
In other countries police officers are required to take periodic lie detector e\tests. I think it’s time Belize does the same. Constant vigilance is the price of freedom.
It is good that we now have a suspect for this crime, like I said before the only way to clean up this dirty police force is to have the good cops separate themselves from these dirty good for nothing cops, otherwise they will drag down the integrity of the whole police force, if the job don’t pay enough for you then go find yourself another job money can never buy honesty if you are dirty you will remain dirty regardless of how much money you make.
he needs to be put in jail for double the time for being a police thief . but you can hardly blame these guys since they see all the ministers and pm doing the same thing they figure why not them also a corrupt gov will breed corrupt people.
no!!! cant be .
police stole the money…..
IF YOU CAN’T TRUST THE POLICE………………WHO CAN YOU TRUST????????????????????
Belize is so corrupt it might soon be equated to haiti. Hope it does not end up like Haiti!
Another own goal for the Police – Time for Compol & Singh to do the hnourable thing and resign – but we all know that’ll never happen, don’t we boys & girls?
Likewise, we all know that the Cops involved will walk free from court, if the muddling investigators(The muddling will be intentional) and DPP ever put together anything resembling a case too!
We all know how this will play out. They will get bail, the case will be referred to the Supreme Court, Dickie Bradley will come up with a good reason why they should not be convicted, at the same time as the case file disappears in thin air – like Magic!
The dirty cops will get their original jobs back, with full backpay and even compensation.
Belize really needs to get rigid with its law and oder. Even the authorities do what they want, as they know they will get away. This is absurd. The police are corrupted.
why people jump to conclusion so quickly when they do not even know the situation… i agree with the person who suggested the lie detector test.. belize need one of that for real.. then maybe they will find out the truth and the innocent of this police officer. this person has been working for over fourteen years with the department.. has past through four differnet superior and have never found any thing missing and all this time he had been working alone. why now since the assistant went in then the money went missing. yes the police is corupt but it hurts when the good pay for the bad..