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Jeffrey James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During a press briefing on Wednesday, Assistant Commissioner of Police Jeffrey James announced the introduction of a Venue Operation Centre at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium during the staging of the 24th<\/sup> Edition of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF).<\/p>\n

\u201cA Venue Operation Centre will be established at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium and manned by a number of senior officials from various institutions to include, Discover Dominica Authority and the police obviously,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to James, \u00a0a police command centre will also be established and located at the volcano office on the Clem John and Kelleb Laurent Stand.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is to allow for patrons who require assistance from the police,\u201d James explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ground commander will be assisted by an assistant superintendent and she too will be assisted by inspectors and a team of police officers, private security officers, and volunteers,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

He further explained that search teams at the entrances have been briefed to allow only individuals with tickets or accreditations to enter through the security barriers.<\/p>\n

James also stated that officers shall ensure that no prohibited items are allowed into the venue.<\/p>\n

This, he emphasized, includes firearms and ammunition, \u201ceven if the owner is a licenced holder.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore we are imploring…firearm holders to secure their firearms before coming into the park, because you will not be permitted to enter the venue even if your firearm is licenced,\u201d James warned. \u201cYou have to make special provisions to secure your firearm.\u201d<\/p>\n

He made it clear that illegal drugs will be prohibited, \u201cand we are saying smoking in the public is not allowed, so in this case smoking of cannabis is illegal and will not be permitted.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that knives, cutlasses and ice picks, cigarette lighters, and any such items deemed to be offensive weapons, will not be allowed in the park.<\/p>\n

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Lincoln Corbette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, Deputy Police Chief Lincoln Corbette revealed that all rest days for police officers have been canceled.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll rest days have been canceled, so we expect all officers on [the] island to be working,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will have significant numbers, enough officers to police the event, and over the past 23 years of hosting the event we have had a lot of officers and I dare say that because of our presence, too, we have not had any major incidents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Corbette, this will allow patrons to feel \u201csafe enough that they can come and enjoy themselves without having any fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut officers who are on vacation, those who are willing to work have been asked to come back and quite a bit of them have returned to work,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

He said officers will be on duty at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium, around the City of Roseau and the outskirts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be patrolling,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

The three nights of pulsating rhythm, featuring various musical genres, will be held from October 25-27, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During a press briefing on Wednesday, Assistant Commissioner of Police Jeffrey James announced the introduction of a Venue Operation Centre at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium during the staging of the 24th Edition of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF)….","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":331495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[235,9,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-wcmf"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew Venue Operation Centre being introduced at upcoming WCMF, say police officials - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/new-venue-operation-centre-being-introduced-at-upcoming-wcmf-say-police-officials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Venue Operation Centre being introduced at upcoming WCMF, say police officials - 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