Minister Jacoba said even though there is a solution the lack of manpower in the department still exists. She said currently the RST is assisting the local police force namely the detectives with the larger investigations on St. Maarten.
Jacoba said she also spoke to the police union where she agreed to upgrade the current capacity by adding at least four more persons to the detective department within the coming weeks.
State Secretary of Justice Ernie Simmons said that there were certain decisions that were made with the distribution of the staff within the force which the detectives did not agree to. He said the matter was fully explained to the union and a solution was found on how to deal with the scarcity of officers. He said one of the concerns of the officers was that they are overworking.
