Mr. Morris said Commissioner Frazer (at podum with wife Mrs Ruth Frazer) will be remembered as a man of integrity, who was firm but fair. Photo: VINO

Outgoing Police Commissioner Reynell Frazer greets his ranks following the parade in his honour at Festival Ground yesterday. Photo: VINO

In an invited comment following the parade held in honour of Commissioner Frazer yesterday March 29, 2012, Mr. Morris, who will take over the reins of the RVIPF when Mr. Frazer leaves, said his superior was also a firm individual in terms of his principles but also very fair. Mr. Morris joined the RVIPF in 2010.

“As everyone has testified to, I found him as a man of integrity, firm individual in terms of his principles, honest, and believes in the law and upholding the law. He is also very community focussed. In terms of our views, our principles, our opinions about what policing is about- and it is a vocation that we dedicate ourselves to- we are on the same page, we are exactly the same,” Commissioner Frazer said.

Mr. Morris noted it has been an honour and a pleasure for him working for a Commissioner such as Mr. Frazer. “I have worked with a number of Chief Constables over my years and I certainly put Mr. Frazer at the top there with them as a good leader of men and women, a good manager, firm individual but fair.”

Asked what would be his firmest memories of Commissioner Frazer, assistant Commissioner Morris replied it would be discussions with him on discipline of the Force and “that he recognises, that in order to serve the community, we need to be well disciplined, we need to ensure, as he said this morning, that we are fair, that we treat everybody fairly and with quality without favour. I really supported him on that and, to be honest with you, I am going to find it a loss not having him in the office along the corridor for me to go and speak to and when I get frustrated, for him to calm me down.”

Mr. Frazer, who started out his public service career as a school teacher and rose through the ranks of the Police Force to become the top cop, is only the second local Commissioner of Police. The first was former Legislator and Attorney Vernon E. Malone.

In a radio and television statement on March 28, 2012, Mr. Frazer thanked the Government of the Virgin Islands for the opportunity to serve and the wise counsel, advice and mentorship given by his predecessors, past and present colleagues as well as the rank and file of the Police Force.