Hicken relieved of commander post

ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken has been reassigned to the post of Force Training Officer, leaving his most recent commander post in ‘B’ Division to another officer of the force.

The move was confirmed by a senior police officer and Hicken himself. Hicken on Thursday returned to work from annualised leave. He was at the time commander of ‘B’ Division—a move that was made after the appointment of Leslie James as Commissioner of Police and the appointment of four Deputy Commissioners of Police, one of whom now occupies the office Hicken held at Eve Leary prior to the appointments.

A senior police source indicated to the Guyana Chronicle that Hicken’s movement could be seen as one which speaks of the confidence of the police top command as his new post, in addition to being regarded a one that fits into the administrative team of the force, also demands more as against a divisional commander or branch head.

Hicken has been serving the Police ‘F’ ‘D’ ‘A’ and ‘B’ Division as commander prior to being asked to hold the office of Assistant Commissioner Operations after the retirement of Christopher Griffith.

Commissioner of Police Leslie James, three weeks ago, went on records as saying during his divisional outreaches, that no department of the force would be considered a dumping ground for officers. There is a belief that once an officer is asked to head the training school or projects office, it is a demotion.

James had also indicated that the new management team of the force will be working hard to revamp the present curriculum that presently obtains at the training school and that the force would be looking for a competent and strong individual who would roll out that aspect of the management team’s vision.

He stressed that it is his hope that once the trainees exit the training school and commence their duties; they should be able to interact with any member of the public at any level—something that is usually a challenge at this point with ranks now leaving the training school and heading into divisions to serve.

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