By DANA SMITH
Tribune Staff Reporter
dsmith@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Perry Christie visited Police Headquarters yesterday morning to pay his respects to retired Acting Deputy Police Commissioner Christopher Noel McCoy – a man who “gave to his country all that we could have reasonably expected him to give.”
As Mr McCoy lay in state at the Paul Farquharson Centre, the Governor General, Deputy Prime Minister, and a number of other politicians also arrived to pay their respects.
After meeting with Mr McCoy’s wife and visibly distraught family members, Mr Christie gave brief remarks to the press, recalling Mr McCoy’s service to the country during his tenure on the Force
“I take this opportunity to commiserate with Acting Deputy Commissioner McCoy’s widow and family and the family of the RBPF, for someone who was given the opportunity to serve at a very high level in the police force – regrettably not for as long as he ought to have – but who served with distinction and who never, ever allowed anyone to forget that he was a patriot and that his life was one of service to the people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas,” Mr Christie said.
“Life is always very, very difficult when you have to confront death, especially when one has to do so unexpectedly, and to his wife and to his children, this is one where, as I indicated, it’s always difficult to say farewell to an old friend – especially one who still had service left in him.
“I wanted to firstly express the regret of the government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas; I’m privileged to speak on behalf of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and to express their sympathy and regret.”
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