Cayman: Second RCIPS helicopter arrives on Island
The new RCIPS Helicopter arrives on Island today (Friday 6 December). This second helicopter, another Airbus H145 model, will sit alongside the RCIPS Air Operations Unit’s existing H145, which arrived on island last March and was purchased as part of…
Cayman Islands Police Operation in the Breakers Area, Bodden Town, 18 February
From RCIPS Just before 6:45 AM this morning, Monday 18 February, police had cause to launch an operation in the breakers area. Officers attended the location and saw a vessel in the water. Three men were also located in area acting suspiciously. The…
Cayman Islands: Civilian vessel renders assistance to vessel in distress
From RCIPS Shortly before 3PM on Saturday, 8 December, the 9-1-1 Communications Centre alerted officers to a report of a vessel in distress off the George Town waterfront. The vessel, a 65-foot sailboat, had experienced engine trouble and was drifting…
UK and Cayman Islands sign deal on helicopter operations
FCO Minister of State for the Overseas Territories, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon and Honourable Premier, Alden McLaughlin signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday in London which paves the way for the purchase and operation of a new helicopter…
Cayman Islands police air operations unit carries out two medical evacuations in 48 hours from Little Cayman, 29 November
From RCIPS Just before 3:30AM, last Thursday, 29 November, the Air Operations Unit received an urgent call for the transfer of a woman from Little Cayman to Grand Cayman, after the woman received a head injury following a motorcycle collision….
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Royal Cayman Islands Police and Fire Services test drone in simulated Emergency Scenario
BY MARCO MARGARITOFF From The Drive Residents will likely see a substantial increase in law enforcement drone missions. The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) has been aerially collecting crime scene evidence and conducting remote searches with a DJI Mavic…
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Cayman Islands police operate small unmanned surveillance aircraft
RCIPS Operate Small Unmanned Surveillance Aircraft (SUSAs), 1 August The RCIPS have been operating a Small Unmanned Surveillance Aircraft (SUSA), commonly referred to as a “drone,” for over a year now. The equipment operates and is regulated under a commercial…
Cayman Islands: Joint Marine Unit intercepts drug canoe, 14 March
From RCIPS March 15 2018 Just after 11:00PM last night, 14 March, the Joint Marine Unit, whilst on coastal patrol, intercepted a canoe in the South Sound area with 3 souls on board. With the assistance of the Air Operations…
Cayman Islands: 18kg of cocaine recovered in North Side, disposed of Tue, 6 March
From RCIPS Shortly after 4:00PM on Saturday, 3 March, officers of the Air Operations Unit, while conducting border patrols in the police helicopter along the coastline of North Side, spotted a suspicious package at the water’s edge. The helicopter hovered…
Cayman Islands: Two robberies of purses reported 12-15 January, one arrest made
From RCIPS Two Robberies of Purses Reported this Weekend, 12-15 January, One Arrest Made Police received two reports of street robberies this weekend where women were threatened with a knife and their handbags stolen. The first incident occurred just before…
