CoP tells PM sorry over race talk

Police Commissioner Gary Griffith. - ROGER JACOB
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith. - ROGER JACOB

Police Commissioner Gary Griffith on Thursday took the unusual step of apologising to the country and the prime minister.

He apologised for suggesting the criticism against the police for failing to take action against a group of foreigners at a pool party at Bayside Towers, Cocorite last month was fuelled by considerations of race.

Griffith said he had written to Dr Rowley after a public spat which saw the two on opposing sides over the police inaction.

Rowley had called on the CoP to take action against the group after public outrage over what was seen as preferential treatment to them.

"My strong degree of passion to help puts me in situations and puts me in trouble," Griffith said, maintaining that police cannot charge people on private property for breaching the public health regulations in place for the covid19 pandemic.

"It was in no way appropriate for me to make such a comment that could allude to the prime minister. Since then, I have written to the honourable prime minister and I have apologised. I with to take this opportunity to apologist for the comments I made.

"The thing that people forget is that Gary Griffith is human and he can make mistakes."

Griffith admitted that the way he spoke might have caused his message to be lost, He said he had not been asked by anyone to send the apology.

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