On the networks this week, he is the talk of the town. Fequiert CASSÉUS, agent One, policeman of the 27th promotion. He works at the Gonaives police station and is assigned to the traffic department.
On Thursday morning, December 9, 2021, as he was picking up his daughter to take her to school, he encountered a crowd in the middle of Saint-Charles Street. Approaching to see what was going on, that’s when he would perform a “heroic act.”
Two motorcyclists had just collided and knocked over the container in which a small street vendor was selling spaghetti. The lady was very upset and asked the bikers to pay for the damage caused. The latter declared that they are not able to pay, on the spot, the faults caused to this mother of 7 children. Because they would have to contact their relatives to ask for help, because they have nothing on them.
After having listened attentively to the version of each part, Féquiert CASSÉUS, the policeman, asks the drivers to present him their driving licences as well as the papers of the motorcycles. Unfortunately, none of them were able to present valid documents, so in addition to being unable to pay for the damage caused to this distressed mother, they were illegal.
Faced with such a situation, the police officer finds himself in a dilemma; “What to do? What the law says or sympathize with the drivers? “Frankly, I didn’t know what to do.” Swings Requiter. “If I take them back to the police station, we will not only keep the vehicles but also require them to do all the necessary paperwork or the motorcycles will stay there for a long time. So I had no choice but to find a friendly solution” he continues.
On the spot, Féquiert took out one thousand gourdes from his wallet. He had only one thousand five hundred gourdes at that time. He then asked the people who were watching the scene and the passers-by to contribute to help these unfortunate drivers pay for the damage so that this mother could resume her activities quickly. In record time, he was able to collect more than seven thousand five hundred gourdes that he handed over, in person, to the lady. In addition, he promised one of the motorcyclists that he would take care of getting her a driver’s license himself.
The only fact that it is a legal recourse, the sanction is not necessarily the best solution, if it is to be considered so, to solve a problem. “Sometimes the use of sanctions can be immoral and cause more harm to society than good. We are here to protect the population and we must learn to understand it” Féquert CASSÉUS advised his brothers in arms.