Governor Julia Crouch is urging the public to use the confidential tips website to share any information they may have on violent crime in Anguilla.
The initiative aims to enhance community safety by encouraging people who have information on criminal activity to make a report anonymously and securely.
The website can be accessed at www.gov.ai/911 and all provided information is stored in a secure location in California where access to it is tightly controlled.
Crouch spoke about the website during an interview on Klass FM on 8 April, in response to a question on the public’s concerns over a lack of police confidentiality in Anguilla.
“I have heard that, and I know that people have genuine concerns about that,” she said.
“That’s partly why we have this confidential helpline, so that if you put a confidential message on that, that website is stored off island, it’s stored in the US.
“Your information will be filtered and sent back to the Royal Anguilla Police Force, and if you want your name removed before it comes onto island, you can do.
“So that is an absolute, 100% confidential way that you can manage any information you have.”
Violent crimes
Since the start of the year, five homicides have been reported in Anguilla, with no charges filed to date in any of the cases.
On the evening of Friday, 7 February, 69-year-old Carl Stephen Carter was found with a fatal gunshot wound to his head in his home in The Farrington.
Ten days later on Monday, 17 February, Omari Roberts, a 29-year-old visitor from the British Virgin Islands, was pronounced dead after a shooting in Hillside Bar and Grill in South Hill around midnight.
Shomari Fahie, 37, was pronounced dead in Princess Alexandra Hospital after being shot at The Valley food court, also known as The Strip, in the early hours of Saturday, 8 March.
Arnold Hunt of West End, 54, was found dead at about 8am on 31 March inside a van at Limestone Bay with apparent gunshot wounds.
Commissioner of Police Robert Clark has also reclassified the investigation into the disappearance of 27-year-old Teric Glenston Hickson on 4 January as murder.
Six homicides were recorded in 2024, with charges brought in just one of those cases. Five homicides were recorded in 2023, again with charges brought in just one case.
