Sixty-eight senior officers promoted

Sixty-eight senior Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) officers were promoted yesterday, according to an order signed by Commissioner Paul Rolle.

Twenty-three officers were promoted from the rank of superintendent to chief superintendent. Forty-five officers were promoted from the rank of assistant superintendent to superintendent. 

The promotions come a week after three police officers were promoted to assistant commissioners of police.

A manpower audit of the force found that the organization was too top-heavy with senior officers.

The audit, which was conducted in 2017, found that there was an 800-officer deficit in the rank of constable. 

The audit noted that for the rank of chief superintendent, “the RBPF policy has job descriptions for only 11 head officers, but 23 persons hold this rank”.

It recommended that only 11 officers hold that post as “review of the rank structure and associated primary duties revealed absolutely no differences in the job descriptions of superintendents and chief superintendents”.

It also found that the promotional practices on the force are “outdated, lack consistency and standardization”.

Following the audit, the force’s top brass was gutted when eight senior officers, including then-Deputy Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour, were sent on leave.

 

Promotions

The promotions took effect January 1, 2020 and were dated April 28 and signed off by Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle.

Jamuel Ferguson and Wayne Woodside, both from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), and Anton Rahming of the Criminal Division, were promoted to chief superintendent.

Matthew Edgecombe of the Financial Crime Investigations Unit was promoted. Anthony Curtis and James Miller, both of the Internal Security Division, were also promoted to chief superintendent.

Prince Charlton of Marine Support Services; Adrian Strachan from the Ministry of National Security; Oswald Nixon of the Mobile Division and Shanta Knowles from the National Crime Prevention Office were promoted to chief superintendent.

Brian Miller from the Police Control Room; Mary Mitchell and David Lockhart, both from the Police Tribunal; Earl Thompson of Scientific Support Services; and Mareno Hinds of the Traffic Division were also among those promoted to chief superintendent.

Other New Providence officers who were promoted to chief superintendent on New Providence were Benson Cunningham from the Central Division; Damian Robinson from the Northeastern Division; Christopher Wright from the Paradise Island Division; Mark Barrett from the Southcentral Division and Roberto Goodman of the Southeastern Division.

Three officers on Grand Bahama – Brian Rolle, Kimberly Taylor and Kenwood Taylor – were also promoted to chief superintendent.

Forty-five officers were promoted from assistant superintendent to superintendent. Deborah Thompson of the Financial Crime Investigation Unit; Elvin Missick of the Business Licensing Division; Sybrina Poitier, Raynard Woods and Michael Johnson of the Central Detective Unit and Darron Nixon of the Central Intelligence Bureau were all promoted to superintendent.

Others promoted from assistant superintendent to superintendent were: Betty Bodie and Dornell Brown from the Complaints and Corruption Branch; Stacy Bowe-Curry and Alfred Dean from the Criminal Records Office; Weymond Demeritte and Clarence Major of the Drug Enforcement Unit; Kent Butler from the Exhibit Room; Angela Johnson from the Financial Services Section; Kenrick Morris from the Fire Branch; Bradbury Styles from the Firearm and Anti-Gang Unit; Laura Stuart from the Human Resources Department; Kevin McGregor and Karoldann Darville from the Information Technology Department; Eugene Strachan from the Mobile Division; Seldin Adderly from the Police Band; Geoffrey Ferguson from the Police Control Room; Marcus Williams from the Police Training College; Raymond Hanna and Claudine Hutchinson from the Police Tribunal; Harris Cash from the Security Intelligence Branch;  Indirah Adderley from the Strategic Policy, Planning and Research Branch and Paul Cash of the Traffic Division.

Other New Providence Officers promoted to superintendent were Wilton Johnson and Cedric Bullard of the Central Division; Kelly Kemp and Dwight Smith from the Southern Division; and Wil Hart of the Northeastern Division.

Seven Grand Bahama officers were promoted to superintendent – Edroy Ferguson, Kosygen Ewing, Ann Neely, Terecita Pinder, Hawthorne Russell, Calvin Robinson and Michael Thurston.

Marcus Sands from the South Andros Division; Royston Moss of the Bimini Division; Franklyn Neely of the Eleuthera Division; Gregory Lockhart of the Inagua division and Ezra Duncombe of the Long Island Division were also promoted to superintendent.

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