Governor Pruce rejects recommendation of PoSC for new CoP
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At a press conference at Government House today, May 7, 2026, Governor Pruce announced that he has rejected the recommendation of the PoSC for the appointment of a new Commissioner of Police for the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and has ordered a new recruitment process.
Governor Pruce said the recommendation, submitted “last autumn”, had undergone months of review and consultation involving the Police Service Commission, the National Security Council (NSC), the Office of the Deputy Governor and the Human Resources Department.
“For such an important public appointment, I didn’t have [a] sufficient evidence base to enable me to take that decision,” Mr Pruce claimed.
Ullger stays on
Interim Acting Commissioner Richard Ullger will remain in the position while the new recruitment process, which could take about six months, begins.
The governor was asked how he would respond to people who would say that his ignoring the wishes of the PoSC and NSC is quite arrogant for someone who is an unelected London appointee. “Why do you know better than people, most of them who have lived here all their lives, about what’s best for the Virgin Islands?” Mr Pruce was asked.
The governor said his duty as governor “is to take this decision based on the most robust evidence-based that can be provided” and that he was not satisfied this was provided this time around.
The heavy-handed decision by the unelected governor comes even as there has been overwhelming support from the community for local Jacqueline E. Vanterpool to be confirmed to the post of Commissioner of Police.
Many have long accused the governor of being racist, sexist and hypocritical. Governor Pruce had publicly praised the work of Ms Vanterpool as Acting CoP, but still refused to have her confirmed to the post.
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31 Responses to “Governor Pruce rejects recommendation of PoSC for new CoP”
Why is OK for to ignore one Commission and not another.
Hypocrits.
In addition, I am one such generational BVIslander who approved of his
decision to not appoint Ms Vanterpool as pernanent Commissioner of Police of these VI,
Because; and for good reasons,
" I know why the caged bird sjngs"!
In the mid- 20th Century( 1949), Commissioner John Augustus Cockburn Cruikshank ruled as an autocrat , master as all he surveyed. Stressed under the autocratic rule with little or no means for redressing their issues, coalesce, united, etc, and protested his autocratic rule. Theodolph Faulkner led The Great March of 24 November 1949, which comprised 1500 people from a population of approximately 7,000 to Government House and presented a petition of the people grievances for redressing. The protest had results, ie, a) reinstating the Legislative Council which was suspender in 1901, roll out of new constitution (1950), electing ( directly) of four at large members to the Legislative Council for the first time( 1950), rolling out universal suffrage (1954), rolled out of ministerial government (1967).
Moreover, nevertheless, with improvements in standards of living, quality of life, etc, the people seem to have gotten drunk on the progress, letting their guards down. While the locals were intoxicated on progress, colonialists plotted to acquire and maintain control, ie, unilateral power. In 1949, 1500 people marched for redressing grievances. Today, it is struggle to get 10 people to partake in March. WTF! The VI has regressed, gone into a self-hating, self-discriminating, etc, cocoon. Virgin Islanders have grown too big, too proud, too selfish, etc, to fight for their rights, freedoms, etc., in their homeland. What a sad state. We want others to fight our battles. I hope we are not holding our breath for that to happen. Our forebears must be tossing, frustratingly in their rest places. An example of wanting others to fight our battles, is the promotion of Deputy Commissioner of Police Jacqueline Vanterpool to Commissioner Police., have been endorsed by the National Security Council, and PoSC. The UK-appointed Governor is putting both fists and two foot on the scale to keep Ms. Vanterpool from being appointed. He seemed hell bent on having a fellow White Briton appointed to position.
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This misogynistic, racist,,muda $kunk,is flexing his muscle, telling the Virgin Islands people they don’t have recommendation that is worthy to his listening to and they need to cart their @$$, for he does give rat’s @$$ what their weak @$$es say. He views the VI people as weaklings who knows their place, for he is large and in charge and they better recognize. He is not wrong, for Virgin Islanders behave like wet noodles when it comes to colonialists. But when it comes to the own they tun loose with fury. I’m dick and tired of being sick and tired hearing the Governor this or that. Shut the “&^%$” up if you just talk and afraid of your shadow when it comes to colonialists.
And when you go by the police station to make a report you have do it front of everybody are go out side tell me if that makes sense......... Strupsssss.
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Starmer , Mandelson and now Price. That God for Iran who will dismantle this regime worldwide.
All that COVID grant money gone never to return. Fake fishers fake farmers but here we are increasing taxes to recoup on people who never had anything to do with those schemes sigh
Get your shit together vibes BVI.
[Lets lead like eagles with courage, not careen off the cliff like buffaloes).