who have refused to sign a directive issued recently by Police Commissioner Colin Coxall which orders officers to abide by the Island's 35-kilometre-per-hour speed limit.

"Nothing has come to my attention,'' P.c. Nicholas Pedro yesterday told The Royal Gazette . "I have not received any complaints to that effect or heard anything out of the ordinary.'' His statements appear to contradict broadcast reports yesterday claiming some members of the Association had chafed at signing the directive.

P.c. Pedro confirmed the directive had been issued within the last few weeks and officers were required to read and sign it, but said it was merely "a reiteration of what's already in place.'' "So far as I know no one has refused to sign it,'' he said. "Anyone who drives a Police vehicle signs off on that anyway.'' The directive, he said, had been issued following complaints by the public charging Police were not obeying the posted speed limit.

"This has been a long-standing problem between the public and the Police,'' he added.

What the public may not realise, however, is when they see a patrol car driving beyond the speed limit, in "99 percent of the cases'' Police are responding to a silent alarm and don't want to give away their approach.

"The public has to understand there are times when we need to respond quickly and quietly to some incidents,'' he said.

The Police Association represents rank and file members from Constables to Chief Inspectors.