Police are asking the public to bear with them as they mourn the loss of one of their own.
The call has come from head of the Barbados Police Association, Mervin Grace, who said some officers were receiving counselling following last Saturday’s shooting death of Acting Station Sergeant Newton Lewis.
“I have already made calls to the administration to have some counselling for a number of members. When we communicate among ourselves, we recognise who are the persons that require some form of intervention and that has been ongoing. Persons who worked closely with Mr Lewis have been getting counselling and there are some others who are due to be counselled as well. The members of the human resources department are supposed to get back to me on how that is progressing,” Grace told the Weekend Nation yesterday.
Lewis, driver of Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith, died on the spot in Rose Hill, St Peter, after responding to the robbery of a shop near his home.
“Yes, we are human, but . . . we are men and women first, and we have the same feelings as all the men and women across the country. Policing comes second,” Grace said. (RA)
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