449 / 494
448
Record of Locations of Bodies
14.47.
We have discussed the absence of a record of the locations of
bodies. Thus, there is no need to treat to this matter further in this Part.
Record of Deployment and Identities of Officers
14.48.
Although Commission Counsel requested this information in writing,
we received no documentation setting forth the locations to which officers of the
JCF were deployed or their identities. We received much evidence from some of
the civilian witnesses that some members of the security forces were masked.
This allegation was denied by witnesses for the JCF. However, at para.10.2.6 of
his Interim Report and in oral evidence, Mr. Witter spoke of seeing members of
the security forces wearing masks when he visited Tivoli Gardens on 25 May and
he testified to being jostled by a member of the JCF who was masked.
On
8 February 2016 when he testified, ACP Gause said that, prior to his retirement,
he never saw a list particularising where every officer of the JCF was in Tivoli
Gardens on 24 May. He was definite that -
"there was a policy in respect of 24 May that required the
deployment of officers to various locations to be recorded. It
would have been recorded at Mobile Reserve."
We were assured that the JCF could provide information concerning the
deployment of officers in Tivoli Gardens, from what stations and the approximate
time of deployment. In spite of a ruling by the Commission that this information
be provided by 15 February 2016, it has not been provided.
Number of Firearms Found/Recovered
14.49.
The totality of evidence before us is not consistent in accounting
for the number of firearms found or recovered during the first phase of the State
of Emergency (i.e. to 22 June 2010). Two appendices to the document
produced by former Prime Minister Golding give two different numbers, namely