This documentary will examine the state of crime in St Lucia from 2009 to 2011, with an acute focus on gang violence, organized crime, the response from central government, the reaction of the RSLPF, the strategies employed in curbing crime, the number of civilians who were fatally shot by police officers in the line of duty, the inquests into these police-related killings, the cries from cross sections of society against the police’s actions, the significant reduction in crime as a result of police intervention, the suspension of United States assistance to the RSLPF, the revocation of US visas of a sitting politician and a top cop, the blame game for the killings of 13 civilians by police and the IMPACS investigation conducted by the Jamaica Constabulary Force. This three-part series will dissect the report in detail and tell you the who, what, why, where, when, and how 13 St Lucians, most of whom had checked criminal records met their demise at the hands of law enforcement.
