Top cop, number two ‘to leave in October’

The police chief and one of his deputies will stay on the job a little longer, Attorney General Dale Marshall disclosed on Monday.

Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith and Deputy Commissioner Oral Williams were set to demit office earlier this year but were asked to stay put until the end of September.

Now Griffith’s appointment has been extended another month, Marshall said in a statement issued by the Barbados Government Information Service.

The minister for the police explained that while the process of selecting a new commissioner is progressing, it was in the interest of ensuring the continued smooth running of the Royal Barbados Police Force that the decision was taken to further delay the pre-retirement leave of the force’s most senior duo.

Griffith joined the RBPF in 1975 and his appointment to the post of Commissioner of Police came into effect on October 1, 2017.

He had acted in the post from 2013 following the suspension of then Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin from duties.

Deputy Commissioner Williams is now expected to proceed on pre-retirement leave on October 18.

The selection of a new commissioner is currently with the Protective Services Commission. (BT/BGIS)