Philipsburg: --- The investigation that was taking place with investigators from the Police Internal Affairs Department from Curacao has been completed and the officers are scheduled to leave St. Maarten today (Wednesday). SMN News has been reliably informed that the investigation took some turns as it relates to the alleged missing documents from the CID department.
Reliably information reaching SMN News indicates that the investigators are allegedly questioning the circumstances of the disappearance of the CID logbook for the year 2000. It is not clear when the KPSSS realized this log was missing and if action was taken prior to now.
The investigators it is understood questioned a number of persons pertaining to the allegations made against Detective Carlton Philips. Philips in an open letter to the media stated that he was accused of destroying documents while he headed the CID department. Philips in his letter had stated that he requested an investigation be conducted. It is still not clear if the investigation that is currently underway would deal with the allegations made by Philips or if another investigation would have to take place.
The officer had said that members of the management team of the police force were involved in a self-enrichment scheme. So far, no details on the investigation have been released by the Police Department. SMN News understands that the reports from the investigators have been submitted to the prosecutor’s office who would decide how the case would be handled.
Efforts made to contact the lawyer representing officer Philips for a comment proved futile.
