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COMPOL Keeps it Real With His Expectations
posted (June 23, 2017)
So, with all the negative police publicity, the Department didn't exactly get glowing press during Police Week. It's supposed to be all about highlighting the good work that the 2,300 officers do every day, but these high-profile police controversies focussed on bad or controversial deeds.

The Commissioner didn't lament that today; he said he's a realist:

Allen Whylie, Commissioner of Police
"In deed we would love to be able to do police week on an annual basis. Through the years it was not properly financed and what we did last year when we decided that we wanted to make serious effort in having police week, we ensured that we put it in the budget. Once it was in the budget then it allowed for the financing, it allowed for the purchasing for the various medals and all the different arrangements that were required. So in deed we will be taking the position that either annually we will be doing police week or every two years we will be doing police week. Even if we don't do police week we will still be out there interacting with the greater community to showcase the work that the police department do,"

"In deed we had a lot of officer who were awarded simple because of the fact that we hadn't done so for a number of years, but I want to say that those officers who were awarded in deed through the years they have done their work to the best of their ability. They have stayed out of complaints being made against them or convicted within our disciplinary system. They have also stayed away from being criminally accused or arrested and tried and convicted and those are all criteria's which made them eligible for the categories of medals that they got and so I would again like to publicly recognized and thank those officers for their hard and dedicated years of service as well as all other members of the police department who continue to work tirelessly to try to ensure our citizens are safe and secure across the length and breadth of this country."

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