Af­ter months of es­ca­lat­ing vi­o­lence, in­clud­ing home in­va­sions, bru­tal rob­beries, the top brass of the Po­lice Ser­vice had al­ready de­cid­ed to re­open the Bras­so Po­lice Sta­tion, just two days be­fore gun-tot­ing ban­dits killed Matthew Chan­cel­lor in Tabaquite.

Po­lice sources re­vealed to Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day that af­ter a site vis­it weeks ago to as­sess the sta­tion’s in­fra­struc­ture for re­oc­cu­pa­tion, se­nior of­fi­cials said they had been deal­ing with a bat in­fes­ta­tion and mould prob­lems at the Bras­so sta­tion.

How­ev­er, they ac­knowl­edged that the surge in rob­beries and home in­va­sions in re­cent months forced their hand in re­open­ing the sta­tion, which was closed and re­pur­posed for oth­er polic­ing units back in 2020.