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NEVER AGAIN Swimming at Pedro Castle will be illegal
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Tad Stoner
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Police will post warnings against entering the water at Pedro Bluff while seeking a law to forbid bathing in the area, hoping to forestall further tragedies after the Boxing Day drowning of 17-yearold Justin Henry. “We highly recommend that people do not do that, and never do it again,” said RCIPS Inspector Clive Smith yesterday. Mr Smith is part of the Marine Unit handling the incident. “We are going to signpost the area, [make it unlawful for people to swim there] and the police call on the public to mind the advisory [warnings] and take their safety into account.” Inspector Smith said the warnings would be in place soon, but acknowledged that creating new laws required an effort
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of bureaucracy. “It has to go through the Legal Department, of course, so it takes a little time, but we call on the public to heed the advisory on their safety,” he said. Inspector Smith rejected suggestions that police had not responded quickly enough to the 4;00pm call for help from one of the three women accompanying Mr Henry, a resident of the Rock Hole area of George Town. “It took about a half-hour, maybe 45 minutes, to get there,”
he said. “The length of time to get there depends on what side of the island we are patrolling, The helicopter was on the ground at Owen Roberts airport and it takes about 20 minutes to get it into the air. “We have to get the crew, get them into helmets and prepare the aircraft. The search was conducted for approximately two hours until dark,” Mr Smith said. He said Monday’s events started when Mr Henry’s companion jumped into the water from the bluff.
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