Linden shootings inquiry…Accounts given by three senior officers not in tandem

Patrick Todd

Testimony from the three senior police officers who have so far appeared before the Commission of Inquiry into the July 18 fatal shooting of three Lindeners have exposed  inconsistencies between their accounts of events.

The hearings which began on Monday have so far heard from three of the most senior officers directly connected to the incident including Commissioner of Police, Leroy Brumell, the former Divisional Commander responsible for Linden, Senior Superintendent Clifton Hicken and Assistant Superintendent Patrick Todd, the officer-in-charge on the ground at the time.

The commission is mandated to inquire into and