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New RVIPF policy - Officers to be promoted on aptitude, not years in service

- Acting COP says officers have to pass examinations, showing competence & skills for promotion
Acting Commissioner of Police David Morris. Photo: VINO
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There is a new promotion policy instituted in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) - gone are those days when officers would have been promoted based on the number of years they served in the Force.

Commissioner of Police (ag) David Morris announced the new policy at a meeting held last evening, May 1, 2012 at the St. Georges Primary School, which was organised by the Road Town Anti-Crime Group.

Now officers in line for promotion have to show they have aptitude.

“They have to pass examinations, show that they have competent skills and the knowledge to be promoted,” Morris stated.

In addition to that, the acting Commissioner of Police revealed that senior officers are being held accountable for their officers. He told business owners that meetings are held each week to determine the status of investigations carried out by officers.

Furthermore, he has tasked the police Human Resource Department to recruit 22 officers this year to fill the gaps within the Force.

37 Responses to “New RVIPF policy - Officers to be promoted on aptitude, not years in service”

  • critic (02/05/2012, 13:42) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    i wonder if "thats it" for tolians?
    • one eye roster (02/05/2012, 15:09) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      But girl you done know what the plan tis
    • Bolly (02/05/2012, 15:21) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Tek Da!no promotion just because yu from here.
      • backwards ever (02/05/2012, 21:21) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        TO: BOLLY; while everybody agrees promotion should be done base on ability and qualification, not just showing up for a certain number of years let's start with the UK officers who has brought nothing to the RVIPF but confusion and keeping back locals.
        • - (03/05/2012, 19:16) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
          backwards what a very apt name you talk total bull if it wasnt for certain UK guys there would not be any talk of promotions.
    • Simple Simon (02/05/2012, 16:52) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Why, they cannot pass the exam?
      • first exam (02/05/2012, 21:24) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        no body say they cannot pass the exam but start with the UK police officers first they need to be examining as their qualification seems to be in question
        • - (03/05/2012, 19:19) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
          Go ahead and check you will be suprised. They are what you call proper qualified POLICE OFFICERS and you lot would never make it in the UK or any other Island
  • unfair (02/05/2012, 14:47) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Just a way so CERTAIN officers can rule the force
  • polo (02/05/2012, 14:58) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Finally finally the wh..e boy showing his true colours!!! Lord send help to we the people
    • move on .com (02/05/2012, 15:34) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      There Morris goes!!!!! Less and less of our locals will have an oppertunity for promoted....I smell a rat a big fat one.
      • oh really (02/05/2012, 23:25) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        Glad to see that everyone recognizes that tolians are the one getting promoted for no good reason. No free ride for my partners on the force what an outrage!! you all sound like a bunch of fools who post this nonsense..
        • bbc (04/05/2012, 06:59) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
          Whenever indigenous people fight for their rights in the homeland some people find it to be a problem shame on you for wanting to see the minority suffer
      • .... (04/12/2013, 01:45) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        I agree with Morris. All he is saying is that in order to be promoted you have to prove yourself, pass the exams. you making it sound as if the locals cannot prove themselves or pass the exams. You also make it sound like we dumb or we like things easy. Maybe you need to read over the article and try to understand that what the man is saying is that people need to work hard for what they want and not just show up and sit down.
  • Village ram (02/05/2012, 15:23) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    What crap is the Ag Police Commissioner saying???? just another way to stay in the BVI and say no local qulified
  • xcuse (02/05/2012, 15:45) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    well sah can some body show me proof of wah exam davis morris passed before he became bvi top cop? double standards... lawd ah mussy look oppression in the force deman
    • one eye roster (02/05/2012, 19:51) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      The right color
      • Robin Hood (02/05/2012, 22:35) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        The audacity of this man. How can he flaunt his power like this just to find a way to keep certain people back and down??? Some Permement Secreatries and Heads of Department do not even have to take exams. Did the new Cabinet Secreatry had to take an exam? What about thoes new Priviate Secreatries? Did the new Director of Shipping regisitry take an exam for his post???? this kind of policy in our faces while the police force is already divided along race, locals and Caribbean people lines, this exam crap just does not make sense. We can all see that Morris don't have any interest in how the local police officers feel and how some of them are suffering in silence but as long as he gets his agenda to fill up the force with his kind while the criminals gets more desperate and crime goes up!
      • kkk (04/05/2012, 16:45) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        i agree he has the right clour for sure!!!!
    • aya yay (02/05/2012, 21:05) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      Ayo sick in de head? You want a police force that local before you want a police force that does a good job? So when somebody come rob your house you don't care if the polie find them or not, as long as the police local? Lard have mercy on dese islands. Some a we like li'l children. Spoiled little children always looking someone to blame and saying we bein' oppressed. Oppressed by who? BVI one of the richest populations in the Caribbean. All of you got to free up your mind, like the late great RNM said.
  • Wow (02/05/2012, 16:28) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Guess that will end promotions. Can't expect these officers to have learned anything or put any effort into anything.
  • Wake up (02/05/2012, 16:29) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Wow this seems like a brand new idea that should piss people off "Your going to get promoted based on your knowledge and performance" Yes we should want our own to be promoted and hold high positions but I really wonder if some of you would be talking this hog wash if your family member was injured or killed and you had to depend on a bunch of untrained unskilled people from hear or away it would not matter. You want the case solved and the criminals caught. Let's stop behaving like children become a part of the solution join the force and make a difference. See how good you feel when you own disrespects you to your face while doing your job and by the time they reach St. Thomas it "Yes Sir, No Sir, how high should I jump sir" Set of clowns
  • SMDH (02/05/2012, 21:25) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Sounds like he plans to be there for a while. Did he forget about the "Acting" in front of his title.
  • jo jo wants to know says: (02/05/2012, 21:42) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    when Fraser was the police commissioner he let his deputy at the time morris attend these kind of public events..now Morris is chief where the hick is his deputy????something wrong with this picture
  • Shara Parlin (02/05/2012, 22:19) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Mr. Morris please take my foolish advise! why are you rocking the boat???? did anyone told you about a Barry ????? keep low, fight crime, REDUCE IT, work with the locals and black officers and treat them right and you will last in the BVI for as long as you wish and soon will retire with full benefits and sail ofF into the sunset as a police hero in the Caribbean!!!
    • tell it like it is (03/05/2012, 12:23) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      girl shara I hope you can see the BVI from your window but Morris better listen to you....
  • hazzra (02/05/2012, 23:16) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    @ wake up. What r bunch a crap u talking. the Brits and the Yanks are supposed to b the best at crime fighting but how many murders go unsolved? How many people get jailed and later exonerated cause of these bright boys? They're a set of coggers. Now this one sit as top brass they've got it made. The meeting was pack with his brothers all on full display. New regime? new Scheme. All the same game. Fraser never get this kind of backing from those ever. What laws are they gonna enforce when they trample upon the same with impunity. Check the stats before you blob and the b is not a mistake. Check Dr. McKelly and she will tell u how many she has trained since she became part of the staff. Eighty two was trained at HLSCC and many doing other courses. The set of clowns comment shows that you also lack respect.
    • LEAVE IT ALONE (03/05/2012, 07:46) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      I THINK THE LADY KNOWS HER HEAD FROM HER FOOT. THE BEST THING MORRIS EVER DID WAS BRING IN THAT GUY TO TRAIN THE POLICE. I THINK SHE SHOULD BE TRASFER TO ANOTHER DEPARTEMENT. I DONT THINK SHE KNOWS ABOUT TRAINING THE POLICE, HONESTLY SHE IS NEEDE ELSEWHERE BUT NOT IN THE POLICE TRAINING SECTION NOT AT ALL
  • do not stop there (02/05/2012, 23:24) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Go morris make them loose weight also.
  • slow down (03/05/2012, 07:19) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Morris slow down barry w waz on tis same speed
  • vinofan (03/05/2012, 12:43) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    I don't see how this idea of promotion based on performance is a thing against tola peeps. Its like every article you read it always have to boil down to tolians against the world. Come on people, this is nothing new, when you are at a job don't you not have to show your boss that your performance is great and that you a worth a promotion, I think its a good idea because that would make some of the lazy cops do they jobs besides strolling through town doing nothing. Its just the same way in USA, you think if an officer wants to be a detective he can go to his boss and say "I born in the USA so i deserve a promotion, nah he has to go and study for his detective exams and based on his results and job performance then he can then be promoted. So stop this thing about Mr. Morris is against tolians.
    • zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (03/05/2012, 15:08) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      "to vinofan", no one and i repeat no on oppose the exams no one, but how come He never did one to get his post??? his there two standards one for whites and one for blacks? get it in your head that is the issue boss we now believe he is too power hungry. He need to leave Stoutt and the locals alone. He just got there and he is doing him self more harm than good....
  • Goodman Ralphie (03/05/2012, 16:05) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    oh how unfear this is his ppl din do no eaxm and dey geh promoted now da b***k a*****s have 2 do eaxm be promoted oh how unfear and bias. Gadiethz will here dis one 2.
  • rope (03/05/2012, 21:20) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    it seems like David is not even waiting for someone to give him the rope to hang himself, he's gone out and gotten it himself. He might as well dig his own grave while he is at it......the is the BVI and Barry say you will hear
  • Citizen (04/05/2012, 00:36) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    What we need is police officers that are either from the Virgin Islands are from the other British Overseas Territories or UK. No other place in the world, that I know of where police officer are not citizen of that country. How can you have a country at heart, which you are not from and have no real status in. I would not say ,just up and fire all the non British police officer, but we need to stop hiring officer that are not British Overseas Territories Citizen . Rotate the police between the British Overseas Territories, Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Anguilla, Turks and Caucus Islands, Cayman Islands ant Bermuda.
  • .... (04/12/2013, 02:25) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    @ Citizen: why the discrimination? There are Virgin Islanders in other territories including States that are police officers.... I dont understand why all the hate towards non Virgin Islanders. Is everything really about status. They are human beings as well. What if they were to say the same about the Virgin Islanders in their territory. Stop the hate and the discrimination. It will lead to nowhere good. It is as bad as racism. Is this what it is coming to? Unbelievable!!


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