Lawman’s death puzzles

Slain Constable Dexter Yarde. (FP)

By Heather-Lynn Evanson | Fri, April 27, 2012 - 12:11 AM

The death of Constable Dexter Yarde could go down in history as an unsolved murder, especially after the events in the No. 2 Supreme Court yesterday.

In the early stages of the investigations, one police expert put the gun that discharged the bullet that killed Yarde in the hands of his partner on the night.

The Royal Barbados Police Force’s reconstruction officer, however, said that was not possible since the “friendly fire” was on the opposite side to the fatal wound.

A different police firearms expert then said the bullet could not have come from Yarde’s partner’s Glock, thereby creating the possibility that Yarde was killed by the prowler who had triggered police presence.

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Posted by Tanya Forde 1 year ago: Many gun experts, many versions... Where is the truth??

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Posted by Mary Yearwood 1 year ago: May he rest in peace, and let's hope the inquiry is solved quickly.

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Posted by Tony Waterman 1 year ago: This sounds to me like the KEYSTONE COPS, as if these two EXPERTS instead of trying to solve the case, are trying to prove each other wrong. The RBPF Reconstruction Expert Talks about "Friendly Fire being on the opposite side to the fatal wound, does this mean that the Officer was shot Twice (Confusing) my question now is since there is a mention of friendly fire, was the Partner's hand and clothes that he wearing during the incident tested for GUN RESIDUE?? This would tell if he had indeed fired a weapon.Did they recover any bullets that could be Matched to anyone's Weapon?? Did they test the Partner's Weapon to see if IT was fired during the Incident,and did any of the recovered bullets match HIS weapon. This is again why we the People ask that these type of Investigations be conducted by EXTERNAL Investigators, not because we don't have Capable investigators, but the type of investigation might not be in the perview of the investigators (Lack of experience in the type of investigation) this would also give us the satisfaction that the Investigation was indeed transparent, thereby clearing the Dept,of any claims of hushing up anything.
If Barbados was a Bigger Country we would have our own SEPARATE Department of INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS (IA) or SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT (SIU) to deal with these type of Incidents at arms length of the REGULAR POLICE SERVICE, so EXTERNAL MUST BE THE WAY TO REMAIN CLEAN AN PROFESSIONAL LOOKING. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS REQUEST Mr.COMMISSIONER
MY SINCEREST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED OFFICER, (Requiescat in pace)MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE ETERNALLY.