Police Sergeant Serving Prison Sentence at Pan Am Base Facility Instead of 1735

Police Sergeant Karim Warner, who was recently convicted of unlawfully discharging his firearm in public, has begun serving his one-year prison sentence at the special correctional facility located at the former U.S. Pan Am Base in Coolidge.

Warner, 37, was sentenced last Friday in the Magistrate’s Court after being found guilty earlier in the week of firing twelve rounds at a vehicle occupied by two people. The court described his actions as an abuse of authority and noted that the gunfire caused damage to the victims’ vehicle and left them traumatized.

One of the victims, in a statement to the court, said the incident left them gripped with “sheer terror.”

According to prison officials, Warner is being housed at the Pan Am Base facility for his own safety and well-being, given the high-profile nature of his case and his status as a law enforcement officer.

The facility, which was adapted for limited prison use, has several converted rooms now serving as cells and offers more secure and sanitary conditions than those at His Majesty’s Prison at 1735.

Warner is reportedly one of only two inmates being held at the Coolidge site. The other is a UK national serving a sentence for rape under a bilateral arrangement between the governments of Antigua and Barbuda and the United Kingdom.

In delivering the sentence, the magistrate acknowledged several mitigating factors in Warner’s favor, including his previously clean record, positive service history, and cooperation with authorities following the incident. The court also recognized his potential for rehabilitation, noting that while the maximum penalty for the offence is two years, a one-year sentence was deemed fair and proportionate.

The case has drawn widespread attention, given Warner’s role within the police force and the broader conversation it has sparked about accountability and use of force within law enforcement.