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Crime went up 12% in 2024 under Mark Collins
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI—Apart from the 55 allegations against the former Commissioner of Police, Mark Collins, the United Kingdom national exited the territory with another unflattering record to his name.
Mark Collins Out! Jacqueline E. Vanterpool In! as Acting CoP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The controversial and embattled Police Commissioner (CoP) Mark Collins has ended his tenure as the Virgin Islands’ top cop.
When will the VI get a local Commissioner of Police?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mark Collins, a British National, is still on the job as Commissioner of Police (CoP) of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). He has been accused by his fellow police officers of some 55 counts of wrongdoing, including damming allegations of destruction of evidence, perverting the course of justice, defamation and interference with administrative justice and interference with the promotion process in the RVIPF.
‘I heard gunshots while in bed with my wife & child’- Hon Turnbull
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Representative for the Second District Hon Melvin M. Turnbull told lawmakers on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA), while speaking under ‘Other Business’, about an experience he claimed to have had while in bed with his immediate family.
Vehicle Flips @ The Bluff
COX HEATH, Tortola, VI- At around 3:30 PM today, December 30, 2022, a white SUV flipped in the area known as The Bluff in Cox Heath.
CoP Collins should have been sent home for ‘Breach of Trust’- Julio S. Henry
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- As many in the public have turned to social media to show support for public officer Najan Christopher, who was arrested and charged for a diplomatic note in favour of former Premier Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1), a talk show host has pointed out what he termed as hypocrisy in the system.
Why shut down strip-clubs on VG & not Tortola?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - It was raised on Honesty Speaking, with host, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline’s guest, Police Commissioner, Michael B. Mathews.
Hon Turnbull blasts CoP Matthews over CGB Police Station
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- It was during the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) of the House of Assembly’s deliberation on the 2017 Budget that Second District Representative Hon Melvin M. Turnbull raised the issue with the Commissioner of Police (CoP) Michael ‘Mick’ Matthews on the closure of the Cane Garden Bay Police Station.
Homeless man assaults USVI’s Police Commissioner
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — A homeless man on Wednesday November 2, 2016 assaulted [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Commissioner Delroy Richards, VIPD Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.
Finally! New Police Commissioner sworn in
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After some eight months since former Police Commissioner David Morris left the territory and the vacant post being snubbed by a United Kingdom police officer, a new top cop has been sworn in.

