Press Releases

Police can now confirm the identity of the deceased in the water-related death which occurred on Saturday, 21 October. He is 27-year-old Raheem Tyrike Barrett, a Jamaican national residing in the Cayman Islands.

Year to date, RCIPS have issued just over 4,000 speeding tickets. This is an increase of just over 30% on the total number of speeding tickets issued for 2022, which was 3,063.

A police K-9 was deployed during the arrest of a man following a domestic incident on Friday, 27 October. The man has since been charged with a number of offenses.

Just before 9:45PM on Friday 27 October, police were dispatched by the 9-1-1 Communication Centre to a report of an armed robbery that took place at a food truck located in the Red Bay area of George Town.

Man arrested for drug related offenses in the Grand Harbour area of George Town.

Shortly after 9:30PM on Thursday, 26 October, officers responded to a report of a collision on West Bay Road, just south of Lawrence Boulevard, involving two pedestrians and a Honda Fit. A man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after attending the West Bay Police Station following the incident.

Commissioner Walton hosts a series of Community Meetings across all districts in the Cayman Islands, starting with the Sister Islands. Next stop, Bodden Town in the Eastern Districts.

During an operation this morning, 25 October, officers in West Bay arrested a man, age 43 of West Bay, on suspicion of robbery in relation to the robbery of a convenience store on Town Hall Road on Tuesday morning, 24 October.

Just after 9:50PM on Tuesday, 24 October, police were dispatched by the 9-1-1 Communications Centre to a service station located on Eastern Avenue, where it was reported that a man carrying a silver handgun had attempted to rob the service station store.

RCIPS has received reports that local banking customers have received SMS messages claiming to be from their bank. Customers are then encouraged to contact the fraudulent number provided in the message.