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Posted: Friday 6 May, 2016 at 1:14 PM

One female among five promoted to Superintendents

Superintendents Diane Mills and Adolph Adams Jr.
By: Stanford Conway, SKNVibes.com

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force has recently promoted five Inspectors, including one female, to the rank of Superintendent and in some quarters questions are being asked about the omission of a certain officer of the Nevis Division.

     

    Those elevated in rank: Woman Inspector Diane Mills, who heads the Police Prosecution Team at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; Head of the Special Services Unit Inspector Adolph Adams Jr.; former Police Press and Public Relations Officer Inspector Lyndon David; Inspector Trevor Mills of ‘B’ Division; and Inspector McCarta Browne, who took over from Assistant Commissioner Merclyn Hughes as Head of the Special Branch.

    This publication learned that the officers were promoted on Wednesday (May 4) but it is not known from what date it was effective.

    Since the formation of the New Police High Command with ACP Ian Queeley being elevated to Commissioner with Superintendent Hilroy Brandy as his Deputy and Superintendents Terrance James, Andre Mitchell and Merclyn Hughes as ACPs, a domino effect was created in the Force for promotion ranging from the rank of Inspector to Constable.

    In a past interview with the then Police Press and Public Relations Officer, Inspector Lyndon David, SKNVibes sought the criteria for promotion.

    David noted that although an individual may enlist in the Force with a number of academic certificates, for which he or she would be paid, he or she must successfully complete the required examinations before being eligible for elevation in rank.

    “All members of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force deserving of promotion are being promoted. However, I must say at this time that promotion comes from hard work, dedication, commitment and the successful sitting of the promotional exams.
     
    “Additionally, successful completion of regional and international courses is also taken into consideration for promotion; and some of these courses, though they might be specifically designed, say for narcotics training, they also include training in management, whereby the attendees are being trained to head a narcotics department or unit.
     
    “Also, you find persons who may have their tertiary academic qualifications, and that too assist them in getting to a higher level.”

    Since Brandy’s promotion to Deputy Commissioner of Police, this publication understands that Inspector Conrad Bertie had taken command of the Nevis Division. However, with the absence of his name on the promotion list, many people are seeking the reason for its omission.

    One individual, on condition of anonymity, said: “Bertie and his men are doing a very good job in Nevis. Only recently they had solved a few cold cases on the island including the young man charged with multiple housebreaking and larceny.

    “What is the reason for Bertie not being promoted? We in Nevis would like to know! Is it that he was not successful in the written exams? Is it that he is not the holder of a degree, or did he flunk the interview? That is if he was ever called up for one. If the reason for him not being promoted is because of not being a university graduate, then, I think the powers that be should revisit the not too distant past; for Inspector Bertie has the experience and produces results.”
     
    It was however said that Inspector Trevor Mills, who for some time was stationed in Nevis, would be heading that Division.

    Prior to publishing this article, many efforts were made to contact the Commissioner of Police to confirm the promotion of these officers and also to get a comment on Inspector Bertie’s omission, but they were all futile.
     
    UPDATE: Police have subsequently issued a press release confirming the promotion of the five Inspectors to Acting Superintendents and the areas to which they are assigned.

    David will serve as the Superintendent within the Service Improvement Directorate; Adams will serve as the Superintendent within the Operations Directorate; Trevor Mills will assume duties as the Divisional Commander of Nevis; Diane Mills will serve as Superintendent in the Crime Directorate; and Browne will serve as the Superintendent within the Administrative Resources, Technology and Intelligence Directorate.

    The release also stated that the selection of the officers for promotion was the result of a transparent and competitive process in which all eligible Inspectors were encouraged to apply for consideration in the filling of vacant slots. As part of the process, each candidate had also appeared before an Interview Panel.
     
    It further stated that Commissioner of Police Ian Queeley congratulated the newly-promoted officers and their families on behalf of the High Command and all other ranks, and encouraged them to continue to give of their best as the Police Force strives to make the Federation a safer place to live, work and do business.


        


     
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