BRADES, Montserrat – Retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police Bradley Siddell became Montserrat’s newest Deputy Commissioner of Police on Monday, August 27, 2012.
Commissioner of Police Steve Foster welcomed Siddell to the Royal Montserrat Police Service and informed colleagues across the government that he would be making personal introductions in the days and weeks ahead.
The new deputy commissioner comes to Montserrat with 30 years of law enforcement and intelligence experience, skilled in multiple police and executive management disciplines officer and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Liverpool, England. His decorations include the Commanding Officer’s Commendation, NATO Kosovo Campaign Medal, Alberta Centennial Medal, Canadian Peacekeeping Medal, RCMP Long Service Medal, FBI Commendation, Commanding Officer’s Certificate of Appreciation and the Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal for career accomplishments.
Deputy Commissioner Siddell shared the following statement about his vision for working on Montserrat.
“To His Excellency Governor Davis, Honourable Premier Meade, Government dignitaries, Commissioner Foster, my fellow Royal Montserrat Police Service officers & staff, and citizens of Montserrat; I extend a heartfelt appreciation for how my family and I have been overwhelmed by the hospitality of Montserrat. It is a great honour to be invited to serve your nation as the Deputy Commissioner of your police service. I accept this appointment humbly and shall reciprocate the privilege by serving you with tenacity.
“My public declaration to you is threefold. First, I will maintain momentum throughout my tenure to ensure that the confidence in the RMPS is maintained by delivering the highest policing standards. Second, I shall pour into every member of the Service a full measure of knowledge and experience to ensure their continued personnel development. And third, that I will consider the needs of the citizens and residents of Montserrat as a high priority influence towards the creation of optimized policing models.
“Over the next several weeks my time shall be monopolized by learning all I can about the government, police service, and communities. Expect to see me everywhere, as I intend to absorb as much as possible about the landscape and people of Montserrat. Please do not hesitate to greet me as my family and I explore your remarkable heritage. After all, I am at your service….”
The new deputy commissioner is accompanied by his wife Coral and daughter Kyla.
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Welcome to Montserrat. As a fellow Canadian I am sure that you and your family will appreciate the beautiful weather to be had on this island. I look forward to meeting you and your family.
To the Meade Government,there are a lot of things,i would like to say about you,and your government,but they might not be appropriate at this time,and i may have been reading misleading information.You have decided to scaled back on jobs on the Island,but at the same time,you and your government have decided to go out there,and find a retired police officer from Canada to come in and take over the roll as deputy Police commissioner of the force.I’m sure that there are able and well equip personnel on the force that can do that job,all you,and the Governor had was to do is to send that individual away,and have him trained.But no as the head of the government i have that authority to choose who so ever i please,but in the mean time doing away with certain necessities for the children,and jobs for their parents.That person that you would have pick would have come at a cheaper rate,no matter how you look at it.Now your plate full,you have to provide home,and lugging,for this individual,his wife,and maybe their children.Meade you seems to see nothing wronge with this plan,but have you stop,and think about the other poor indivisuals of montserrat,the ones you are in the process of cutting their jobs,when you look out side to ask someone from abroad to come in to suck some sweets that you have on the table for them.I wonder what’s the result,or the outcome of doing business with this guy.There is another problem bruin,that,concerns me very much,there are a lot of former minister of government,still residing on the Island that are out of government I simple does not hear their voices they simple sit back there,and just not say or does anything. I wonder how much their pension pays them to just say nothing.These indivisuals,I’m refering to are as follows Brandt,Austin,and Osborne.Mr.Bramble find it feasible the other day to come out of hiding,to ask the judge to be lenient with his former employee’s son for committing all class of criminal mischief,but he could not come out and tell the government where they are going wronge,and as for Brandt,and Osborne,I really does not know where their heads are.The only thing that comes to mind,maybe you Meade is taken care of those guy’s ,because i just could not comprehend this kind of behavior on your path ,and the attitude towards the people that put you there.Every day we in American,and around the world read on the Internet of some of the problems facing the country that are responsible for,and nothing are been said by your former rivals,you put the shoe on the other foot,and let me know if that’s not looking suspicious.Romeo the opposition leader before this new constitution did speak out,but since this new constitution,given him all this new powers,things have change,he simple decides to sit back and just does nothing.It appears what we as montserratian abroad going to have to do,is again go back and ask England to give us another new constitution,and that will curtail some of the powers you bastards now have.Maybe then we will see some action.Just before i finish this paragraph,I would like to ask you Mr.Meade in your cutting,if you have decided to also cut back on your salary,and members of your government,because that would help with the budget.