Cops unable to think clearly?

At the risk of appearing to be a hair-splitting pedant, I add to this distressing list the disappointment we so often have in the command of English displayed by the constabulary.

The Newsday of August 14 quotes Inspector Michael Seales of the Police Social and Welfare Association as noting, “Our member, in her dire situation which has caused her irreputable damage, has approached the association . . .” There is no such word as “irreputable.” Perhaps Seales is creating such a word in response to the claim of Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams that the member of the association brought the Police Service into “disrepute.” Competence, corruption, detection and English are all serious subjects that the Police Service should address.

An inability to speak clearly could be an indicator of an inability to think clearly.

A BLADE via email