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The
Police Social and Welfare Association maintains it will
not support the appointment of a foreign police commissioner.
“The
process has ended, Mr (James) Philbert is now the acting
commissioner, and we are in full support of him,” association
president Cpl Emrol Bruce said yesterday.
“So,
we still would not support a foreign commissioner, because
we have the competence here. I think it is evident that
we have the competence here.
“We
now hope that the PSC would move and appoint the deputy
commissioners to their positions....”
Bruce was speaking to reporters after a news conference,
hosted by the executive of the Police Service, in Police
Administration Building in Port-of-Spain.
Bruce, whose organisation had spoken earlier against the
Government’s rejection of Williams as the Police Service
Commission’s choice for Police Commissioner, agreed
to work for the benefit of the country.
“This
is not about politicians, but the Police Service,”
he said, dismissing speculation that the association had
bowed to pressure.
Agreeing with Williams, Bruce said the process for selection
of a police commissioner was not flawed.
“I
don’t think it is flawed. In time we will see that
what we have here is just as good as any other.”
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