THERE WILL be two significant administrative changes in the top brass of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).
Reports are that Assistant Commissioner Keith 'Trinity' Gardner, who recently completed his law degree, is to be transferred to the Commissioner's Office, as the officer second in charge of operations in the JCF. Rated among the short list of fearless crime-fighters, the former Kingston College scholar will replace ACP Linval Bailey.
A past chairman of the Police Federation, Mr. Bailey will be going off on study leave to complete a masters degree in Public Sector Management at the University of the West Indies.
STUDY LEAVE
Mr. Gardner, who has served in various departments of the JCF, is at present in charge of the Services Branch. Earlier this year he was granted study leave and was replaced by Senior Superintendent Owen Ellington at Area Four, which is one of the most challenging police zones.
Acting Assistant Commis-sioner Granville Gause has been recommended to replace ACP Reggie Grant, who will be going off on long leave. Mr. Grant is the top man at the Criminal Investigative Bureau (CIB) headquarters, which is based in downtown Kingston.
TOP CLASS DETECTIVES
A 35-year veteran of the JCF, Acting ACP Gause has come through the ranks under the watchful eyes of top class detectives such as Albert Richards, Roy Green, Lester Howell and Tony Hewitt, who were all former officers of the JCF.
Mr. Gause, who is the head of Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI), is expected to take up his new post in another two weeks. Other changes to be effected in the JCF around that time, include the exit of ACP Carl Williams at the Narcotics Division, who has been granted leave to pursue studies in the United States.
ACP Errol Strong, who completed his tour of duty in the United States, is to take over the operations of the Narcotics Division. But as the Government continues to remodel the police force under the Corporate Strategy Plan, a number of attempts are being made to contract some of the experienced and retired senior officers, to assist with the training of younger lawmen.
