Portsmouth Police Station in bad condition sources say

A section of the roof of the Portsmouth Police Station

Dominica News Online (DNO) has been reliably informed that the Portsmouth Police Station is in a deplorable state and officers are calling for serious attention to be paid to the building.

DNO spoke to a source who has inside knowledge of the matter who said that police officers cannot work under such conditions.

“The condition isn’t that good. Certain parts of the station need to be repaired,” the source stated.

The source stated that the condition of the roof is so bad, that “stuff” falls in pots when police officers are cooking.

“You have to make sure you cover it (the pot),” the source stated.

To compound the situation, the roof leaks whenever it rains.

“The building needs to be refurbished,” the source added.

The source told DNO that a better place is needed in order for the officers to perform better.

DNO is attempting to get a comment from the police hierarchy on the situation.

Crumbling walls
A section of the kitchen
Section of the ceiling

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50 Comments

  1. March 15, 2017

    This is happening on the chief of police watch what is he doing about it ? he is afraid to approach skerro .

  2. March 15, 2017

    Where is the chief of police ? sitting in his air condition office in the so call Capital of Roseau, while humpty dumpty fall , collecting a check ,

  3. televangelists are false prophets
    March 15, 2017

    No different than the Hospital. I wonder what is the state of the firestation? IT seems all public service stations are crumbling into crap.

  4. Dominican
    March 15, 2017

    The officers are fedup! Enough is enough!

  5. jihan
    March 15, 2017

    The almighty emperor is all they need and want to rule,go down to police headquarters and see the filth officers have to deal with,Dominica is on a brink of collapse which it has already,until you all get rid of the king you all hail,no change will come.

  6. Shameless
    March 15, 2017

    So Carbon and Valarie don’t know that the station falling in pieces and making officers sick? I remember years ago a young Corporal Smith. R (now residing in North America/ Canada?) took his men from a dilapidated Grand Bay Police Station and brought them to live in the police TV Room at Police Head Quarters when Pierre and Blanchard would not fix the place:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: . The big boys could do nothing but immediately sent people fix the station. :mrgreen: . Those were the days when officers commanded respect from the public, politicians, peers and senior officers alike. Now them toy-police of today even afraid to go poopoo without El Supremo’ approval. Fellas. fellas, time to go on a massive sick out.

    If 50% of officers are always on sick leave (rolling sick out) heads will roll and you all will benefit. Remember; “Esprit De Corps”

    Always Assertive! :twisted:

  7. Let The Truth Be Told - Original
    March 14, 2017

    How long ago did they observe this condition of the Police Station? Deterioration did not occur overnight but over a certain period. What steps did they take to have it repaired?

  8. Anthony Ismael
    March 14, 2017

    Give Rayburn two seconds and he wants to bray all day long. Nothing from him about this situation.

  9. me
    March 14, 2017

    This is just a strategy to make people think worse of the country. Fake pics fake news just like the kempinski story sick set of people hungry for power. Is like a man trying g to get a woman by destroying her character but blaming the man she with.

    • Greg Cadette possie
      March 17, 2017

      Waw you sound like a very brilliant person you must have failed Sunday school.

  10. %
    March 14, 2017

    So the CBI money is being used by DLP to catch votes,and the police are living in this condition???Is the CBI programmes a DLP programme???When will concerned Dominicans put an end to that??Am i hearing that the gang is also giving money to people on the block??

  11. March 14, 2017

    Thats how possie ppl sot wi if u put poopoo in their mouth they saying it nice. Politicians, Pastors anybody fooling them ppl. Allu forget a pastor make them give him X amount of money for his birthday. Labar they Labar like that

  12. Tj
    March 14, 2017

    It would be logical to believe that the the officer in charge of this station made some type of complaint? Where is the head of the police department? Where is Mr. Blackmore? Where is the red shirt para rep Mr. Ian Douglas?

  13. Me
    March 14, 2017

    0, 0, 0 % for you all. You unnerstan! and if you complain you will get minus 0!

  14. Righteous
    March 14, 2017

    If this is indeed the condition of the Portsmouth Police Station, it needs to be addressed ASAP. As the key protection housing unit in the north, immediate action needs to be taken to rectify the situation and should be under teh National Security Ministry. As far as the “reliable source” part of the story, not really necessary as anyone who visits that station can see the condition of the deteriotating structure.

    This will hopefully be addressed soon.

    #LetsGetItFixed.

  15. March 14, 2017

    the men and women who are doing the dangerous work are living in such deplorable conditions while the chief and the dlp politicians live in luxury.

  16. TimTim
    March 14, 2017

    It should fall down on dere head. Set of wicked ppl. They will get up and go and vote for Skerrit every elections doh. And go and do his dirty work for him.

    They like the rest of Dominica deserve just what dey get. Set of wicked foolish ppl.

  17. A. George
    March 14, 2017

    Curious to know how many formal inquiries were made for funds to fix the building… you can’t just verbally complain.. put it on paper so you have a #papertrail

  18. March 14, 2017

    The ruling party bought a piece of property in the southern village of pte Michel to build a police station , and a fire department building on the same lot which is a big lot , it has been more than almost twenty years and no building has been build, the current police station in pte Michel is a private house being rented to the Government as the police station , when you add all that rent money that is being paid to rent this build from a private person we could have build five police stations , and six fire station to serve the southern region including Soufriere Scotts- head Galion, pte Michel lubiere excreta, no one is mentioning that, the area is full of bushes, trees the Pal rep look like a kid out of higth school who don’t know what the hell she is doing.

  19. Real Possie man
    March 14, 2017

    Everything in Portsmouth where Labour is concerned is in a bad shape. It is not no knew news. Is Labour they love.

  20. March 14, 2017

    Surely these conditions are not conducive to working. But have the officers assigned there put in requests for maintenance works, or are they just complaining and not preparing formal requests. If so were they disregarded? I believe that the ‘reliable source’ can tell us that much.

  21. It's my damn business too man!
    March 14, 2017

    The place is so bad and as I can see not healthy, yet none of the officers there was bold enough to say his / her name other than hiding behind “a source”? DOMINICA really afraid of Skerrit boy from police to farmer. No wonder although they all welcome uwp protest, instead of joining they taking gun to protect the common enemy they afraid of.

  22. google
    March 14, 2017

    Agreed the building needs to be repaired but it was not the utmost priority.
    Calibishie got a brand new one
    Laplaine got a brand new one
    Grandbay got a brand new one
    So Portsmouth will be in-line.

    The other thing is that the Police don’t take care of the vehicles so they can spend the monies elsewhere as you know they always say they don’t have vehicles.
    If you see the amount of new vehicles sitting at Morne Bruce – crashed.

  23. One Drop
    March 14, 2017

    You all should strike and give us a lawless day in Portsmouth. :-D :-D :-D

  24. Clinging on to power
    March 14, 2017

    Even the fire station has to be relocated to Douglas guest house when firemen had to sleep outside in protest of the stations deplorable conditions and this is Portsmouth the heartland of labour!!!!

  25. Ideal
    March 14, 2017

    Why complain? you guys can move into one of the many hotels that are being built right there. Hospitals, police stations, roads, bridges and even the airport falling apart but let us build more hotels and wait for visitors to come. The world is reading about Dominica and the Labour Government. Dominica is one the poorest island now.

  26. March 14, 2017

    This condition did not just happen overnight. It is much easier to assign blame because this is a politically​ juicy issue. The important question is as the building deteriorated did the Commissioner​ and his staff sat back and did nothing? We’re request made for repairs to the building and if so we’re they ignored?

    • Anthony Ismael
      March 14, 2017

      Really? So after 15 years in office, this is the best excuse that you can come up with? If our public servants can’t even cook to sustain themselves or rest comfortably without having to use a pail to catch rain water while it pours into the facility, how can they effectively do their job and serve the community?

    • Lang Mama
      March 14, 2017

      All government property require periodic maintenance and inspection. Whst are you ready to blame the commissioner of police. If a hodpital was allowed to be consumef by pooopoool what else can surprise us.
      Fir your information the police ofgicers have bern complaining for many years but the government priority is simply about fooling people for votes and loyalty.

      • KID ON THE BLOCK
        March 14, 2017

        Learn to spell before you post your comment. You are very lazy like d norvice

      • Lang Mama
        March 16, 2017

        I thought the word is novice. Ha ha. This is definitely not fat “fingeritist” but some one who can’t spell

  27. March 14, 2017

    We as Dominican’s are the laughing stuck of the Caribbean , those pictures are NOT fake news, it is real, and deplorable, no one should work under that condition , when La plain is given a millions dollars for dasheen housing according to Skerro , galvanize, cements, excreta are being given to pte Michel, gallon , Scotts head , and Soufriere constituencies for votes , and the police stations around the Island are in disrepair ,I beg to ask where is the money going ? Apartment buildings in New York, new jersey,, Dubie Morne Daniel , he refuse to give public servant a raise.

  28. Hope
    March 14, 2017

    Wow, Is that really true ? Where is the Pal Rep.
    These men desreve better than this.

    • Tjebe fort
      March 14, 2017

      Parl rep? They don’t have a parl rep garcon, just Skerrit’s go-for, a puppet on string, a poppot paile Yes P.M. , no P.M., you are right P.M., three bags full P.M.

  29. Dominican
    March 14, 2017

    This is very sad.

  30. CRIME STOPPERZ
    March 14, 2017

    cbi money everywhere but not for the servants of dominica

  31. DRASTIC
    March 14, 2017

    As usual Government property always have to suffer from no maintenance. I recall the MP for Portsmouth boasting of the prposed Administration building that was to be built there to facilitate the people of the North. Remember? I really am at a loss to understand why is it that people keep taking all this amount of bull from those in authority..Ask Guadeloupe and Martinique residents if such could happen there without mass protests

  32. papa
    March 14, 2017

    Seriously pm so I have ppl u care about working what ashame

  33. Daddy please go
    March 14, 2017

    Wow

  34. puss
    March 14, 2017

    CBI here we come. 0 0 0 for increase in salary but fix the police stations so that they can be comfortable.

  35. March 14, 2017

    If those pictures depicted here are actually correct then it really goes to show that our priorities in Dominica is really screwed up. The police is there to serve and protect under any circumstances but this is ridiculous. Why should they have to live and work in these conditions when there is monies all over the country to do all sorts of things. Our police officers nurses and teachers deserve better. We continue to settle for mediocrity in all aspects of our society and so it is no accident we are where we are today. The police needs to demonstrate a certain level of power and stand for and on principles. Your work is vital to the country’s security and survival. You need to and ought to demand more from the powers that be. You command more respect than you are settling for and it is time that you let your collective voices be heard by all. We all need your services so I am lending my support to you as you call for better working conditions and a pay raise.

  36. The spirit of fear
    March 14, 2017

    But what is wrong with Dominica these days? I mean since when a police station could be in such terrible and deplorable condition and none of the officers are bold enough to make a report? I mean they have to hide behind a source? If this right here does not speak of the fear that dominates everyone in Dominica tell me what is. When police afraid of letting their concerns known to Skerrit, how can they even question him about Monfared and other allegations surrounding his name? Dominica finish man

  37. Shaka Zulu
    March 14, 2017

    Captain the ship is sinking, captain the seas a rough
    CBI Money taking blose
    All thier dirty laundry expose
    On a CBS program show
    Lennox let the whole world know
    Money spending here money spending there but police station need repair

    Captain the ship is sinking
    Captain the seas a rough
    For 16 years now we sucking salt
    Labour party ran like a cult
    Civil servants get no raise
    But them fools still singing praise
    NEP have man cutting grass
    One day they will jail thier fu… A

    Shall we abandon ship
    Or shall we sail on it
    We perishing slow they don’t know they don’t know
    The captain don’t Kno what to do.

    Can’t you guys see the ship is literally sinking?? The government cannot maintain, station, fire house, stadium, hospitals​ now add hotels, abbatoir, schools, roads, bridges,…And the whole laundry list. A society run by foolishness and ignorance is destined to fail. I am not wishing that but it is inevitable. All the signs are there. What a society!!!!!!!

  38. Zandoli Claywat
    March 14, 2017

    What am ABSOLUTE shame to have civil servants working in such conditions, can’t believe they show up to work. Police officers at that station, you guys need to organise a TOTAL boycott of that station, until it is completely fixed. SHAME on Ian and the Government. By the way the rest of Portsmouth looks just as DELAPIDATED as the Police Station.

  39. Dominica finish
    March 14, 2017

    The Roseau police station good so we good.

  40. Anthony Ismael
    March 14, 2017

    Ian moo-moo on that one too. These Labor liars bray about development all day long. They fail to understand that true development means providing basic services to inhabitants in the communities where they live.
    Like the Marigot Hospital, The Portsmouth Fire and Ambulance Station and a host of other failures, this is 15 years of Labor for you.

  41. Dominican
    March 14, 2017

    hope your source is reliable and not secondary source from a known fake news blog. Just saying be careful

    • Tjebe fort
      March 14, 2017

      Get on your bike my boy and go and see for yourself. What is stopping you? So you are reading mas in the cemetery then? Just don’t let Skerrit know because his majesty will be displeased..

      • me
        March 14, 2017

        So mad in cemetery is the well known fake news blog lol you sell out we papa.

      • Shameless
        March 15, 2017

        :mrgreen: :mrgreen: they all read Massinthecemetery. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
        They just don’t want the Punjabe Doctor from Enbar to know.

        Assertive and pissed! :twisted:

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