‘To Protect and Serve’ Virgin Islands Police Officer Assists Motorist With Flat Tire

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Community Affairs, Police News, St. Croix News

CHRISTIANSTED — A member of the Virgin Islands Police Department took some extra time to help a family with a flat tire.

Sgt. Kirk Fieulleteau assisted a family who was struggling to change a flat tire in Peter’s Rest recently.

Sgt. Fieulleteau traveled to the VIPD motor pool in Castle Coakley to get an industrial car jack to complete the task.

“Community Policing at its best!” the VIPD said in a recent post on Facebook.

Virgin Islands Free Press readers were happy to see the boys in blue reaching out to the community, but still couldn’t help themselves when it came to commenting about overall governmental priorities.

“Hint: Fill in the potholes, please,” Robert Ferguson said. “Thank you for your community policing service.”

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.