Police Chief Carbon happy with increase in police force

Members of the police force going through a drill routine at a previous graduation ceremony

Police Chief Daniel Carbon has said he is pleased with the government’s decision to increase the Dominica Police Force from 500 to 600 officers.

“I am very happy, I am very pleased that the government has moved to increase the police force from 500 to 600…. “Very likely it will be increased,” he said at a news conference recently.

Carbon also mentioned an expansion of the rank structure.

“The government has moved to increase the rank of inspector by 2 and there is also an increase in the rank of sergeant by 14,” he said adding that the rank of corporal has been increased by 6 and there is an increase in the rank of constable by 77.

He also expressed optimism that an earlier announcement from the Ministry of Justice regarding the appointment of an Assistant Commissioner of Police will soon materialize.

“We have in place for some time now, and I hope it’s coming very soon, all the mechanisms have been done to have in place an Assistant Commissioner of Police,” Carbon stated.

He said the graduation of 26 police officers in September 2018 has been a useful addition to the police force especially in Roseau, “because we have been suffering with the lack of man power and the presence of uniformed police officers in the city and island wide as well….but you would have noticed since September [2018] there have been a lot of uniformed police officers in the city of Roseau.”

The Police Chief also pointed out that the police force had its fair share of challenges, including accommodation and the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria to several of the country’s police stations.

“Another challenge for us is the type of crimes, especially gun related crimes, that we have been experiencing and had experienced in 2018, just to name a few,” he said.

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20 Comments

  1. PHQ
    January 8, 2019

    Mills for Commissioner!

  2. Mani Cou
    January 8, 2019

    There in lies the problem. “Uniformed police” on the streets of Roseau, but not in the villages or patrolling the highways to prevent the reckless driving that is so prevalent in Dominica.

  3. Man bites dogs
    January 8, 2019

    Neville you are a loser joker and a bloody clown, If Linton or any other leader I put that in because Linton will not be leading for much longer a little bird told me. Anyway who cares I don’t know anybody! Now back to you Neville because you are below standard if workers “Win” the next General election I will personally give you The opportunity to collect 5gran from one of my business accounts tax free.

  4. enough is enough
    January 8, 2019

    are we also getting a new commissioner ?? i hope so !!

  5. Franky
    January 8, 2019

    Yes add some more because when this govern ment lose the election that 600 might drop to 500 … first will be handed their walking paper is you Carbon. …the valerie…followed by crevile Mills. We will fix this police force the way it hashould to be . the clock is ticking…

  6. jamie
    January 8, 2019

    Skerrit personal ARMY,To take down who ospposes him,but all dictators have had a gruesome end.

  7. Ibo France
    January 8, 2019

    Officers of the Police Force should be well trained and be highly motivated. It’s a good undertaking to ensure that the manpower of the Force is adequate. Having said that, the Dominican Police Force is led by a grossly inarticulate, intellectually incurious, politically partisan and easily malleable Commissioner. By allowing a senior officer of the Force (Mills), to openly engage in such vitriolic, biased, political hogwash over the public airways, reflects poorly on the leadership qualities of the Police Chief and the misdirection of this once revered institution. The Dominica Police Force has an image problem. Both the Minister and the Commissioner are giving the police a black eye with their politicization of the institution. These two corruptible, tainted characters should be removed with immediate effect from their current posts.

  8. Neville
    January 8, 2019

    More soldiers for Skerrit! We need to stop this because he will use all of them against us if he doesn’t win the next election. Mark my words, that’s what this is all about! We need to stop Skerrit from making preparations to take the country by force.

    • Man bites dogs
      January 8, 2019

      Neville you are a loser joker and a bloody clown, If Linton or any other leader I put that in because Linton will not be leading for much longer a little bird told me. Anyway who cares I don’t know anybody! Now back to you Neville because you are below standard if workers “Win” the next General election I will personally give you The opportunity to collect 5gran from one of my business accounts tax free.

      • Neville
        January 9, 2019

        Business account, 5 grand?? What business could you possibly run?? Cleaning the toilets for all the DLP operatives. Man get out of here, you are a fantasist and a parasite like most of your DLP friends.

  9. weh
    January 8, 2019

    I hope they can send those additional officers to apprehend the looters following hurricane maria

  10. Man bites dogs
    January 8, 2019

    Well done Mr Carbon you doing fine beleave me and don’t forget to put in place water truck cannon we need that it helps us quite a lot in the UK army some years back and last but not least make sure police are properly trained.

  11. January 8, 2019

    Skerrit building an army for the elections. God is stronger than man power

  12. January 8, 2019

    Skerrit building an army for the elections. God is stronger than man power

  13. Concerned Citizen
    January 8, 2019

    Congratulations to the new members of the police force…..but I hope that means the laws will be properly enforced now, especially traffic laws. So many vehicular accidents have occurred over the past year alone, and I believe if drivers are ticketed for speeding, overtaking at the wrong times, etc, then they can be avoided.
    More policemen = more monitoring

    • Neville
      January 8, 2019

      …and you still believe in Father Christmas. I pitty all you Labour supporters. But don’t worry, you all will wake up soon when your master orders these same policemen on all you!

      • Concerned Citizen
        January 9, 2019

        Some of y’all are so narrow-minded that you just assume everybody are Labour supporters. My statement had NOTHING to do with politics. The DLP was the farthest thing from my mind when I commented. Maybe YOU are the Labour supporter.

      • Neville
        January 9, 2019

        More policemen = control over the country for Skerrit when he loses the election!!!!!!
        You all mark my words!

  14. Concerned Citizen
    January 8, 2019

    Congratulations to the new members of the police force…..but I hope that means the laws will be properly enforced now, especially traffic laws. So many vehicular accidents have occurred over the past year alone, and I believe if drivers are ticketed for speeding, overtaking at the wrong times, etc, then they can be avoided.

  15. new location
    January 8, 2019

    no mention of the U/C’s and NARC’s

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