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IT's a big change - especially for Assistant Commissioner Phillips - she was in charge all of Eastern Division with more than 500 police officers across the big bad Eastern division under her command - now she's only in charge of a few hundred in the much calmer northside. So did she get dissed? We asked Williams that today:

Sr. Supt Chester Williams, Commander Eastern Division South
"I would not say that it is a demotion for Ms. Phillips. Ms. Phillips maintained her rank of assistant commissioner and the post of the divisional commanders is an ACP post. So it's not like she's been placed in a post that is below the rank that she currently holds. So to say that it's a demotion, I think is also an understatement. it's just a matter like a said before that we are re-strategizing to ensure that commanders are not burden too much with the task of policing a huge city which is exploding population wise."

Jules Vasquez
"Sir is it a fair assessment to say that this post was created or this whole eastern division was reconfigured for you, because you came back and you are a rare combination of both high level legal training and long experience as being a very effective street cop. So is that the case?"

Sr. Supt Chester Williams, Commander Eastern Division South
"I do not know Jules, what was in the head of the commission of police when he did this move. But it is a move that I welcome. I have always said and I maintain that I am a police and that when I finish my legal studies I would be coming back to the police department and I am living up to that promise that I had made to the Belizean people."

Williams has completed law school and after getting his passing results today - is a fully trained attorney-at-law.