Deputy Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er (DCP) Ju­nior Ben­jamin is clear­ing the air on video that has now gone vi­ral show­ing him preach­ing with what looked like a po­lice bul­let­proof vest on.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia last evening Ben­jamin said he is a Bish­op of the Pen­te­costal As­sem­bly of the Unit­ed States, the As­sis­tant Bish­op of North­west Pen­te­costal As­sem­bly, and al­so the Pas­tor of the Cathe­dral of Ex­cel­lence and he was us­ing a prop dur­ing a ser­mon last Au­gust.

“I was do­ing an il­lus­tra­tive ser­mon called be­ing bat­tle ready with my own bul­let­proof vest. In do­ing that bat­tle-ready, I was en­cour­ag­ing peo­ple to, you know, to be strong. Don’t al­low ex­ter­nal sit­u­a­tions to cause them, to quiver or even to be­come dis­cour­aged.”

“I was just de­clar­ing some of the things that I was de­clar­ing over my life, that I would not die be­fore my time, that I would be a com­mis­sion­er of po­lice, that I would be a good one, you know, that I would, you know, be a leader of lead­ers. And I was just de­clar­ing that in the same month to en­cour­age the peo­ple,” Ben­jamin ex­plained.

In the vi­ral video, the DCP and pas­tor was quot­ed as say­ing “I don’t care what the crime sit­u­a­tion is, be strong”.

Re­spond­ing to ques­tions, Ben­jamin said “If you see the full in­sert, it was a won­der­ful piece. Some­body just took that part and took it out there. I’m not sure what the in­tent was. I’m see­ing all sorts of com­ments as if it just hap­pened. That was since last year, Au­gust. “

Asked if he be­lieved that with re­cent de­vel­op­ments sur­round­ing the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice, the video was de­lib­er­ate­ly re­leased to cause mis­chief, Ben­jamin said, “But my per­son­al view is that, you know, what peo­ple meant for evil, God is go­ing to make it for good rea­sons.”