FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 20th, 2021
FiledDecember 20th, 2021Just prior to 4 am this morning, an agreement was made between the Police Department, the Health Department, and the legal representative for the Cannonier-Watson family. This was to take a recess and, later today, resume conversations about how to best proceed with what we understand to be an unprecedented situation. Once that agreement was made, all attending media and supporters left the property outside of the Cannonier-Watson residence and, after a long and taxing exercise, the police officers on duty were allowed to go home. It was also agreed that two fresh police officers were set to remain overnight to ensure that no one came in or out of the residence, since the family had yet to receive the results of their arrival tests. Assurances were given by the Deputy Commissioner of the Police Department that no further efforts would be made, at this juncture, to enter the home of the Camnonier-Watson family nor to arrest any of the family members once the media and supporters left.