Hunts Bay station faces mass officer sickout as St Andrew South division grinds thin

A walkout-by-sickness has largely emptied the operational ranks at the Hunts Bay police station, where personnel assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division are said to have taken sick leave in force from yesterday.

People close to the matter warn the absence could stretch past the opening forty-eight hours, stirring worry over how consistently law-enforcement cover can be sustained and how residents may be affected.

Among officers, talk frames the turnout as an in-house pushback rather than routine illness, with one contact labelling the move a “rebellion within the system” and others referring to a coordinated sick-out.

No Government or police release has yet addressed how many posts are unfilled or what the shortfall means for day-to-day operations across the division.