Prime Minister Pays Tribute to DCP Bailey
By: , September 8, 2024
Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), engages in conversation with outgoing Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Fitz Bailey, at a retirement function for the veteran policeman, held on Friday (September 6), at the AC Mariott Hotel, in New Kingston.
Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), greets outgoing Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Fitz Bailey, at a retirement function held on Friday (September 6), at the AC Mariott Hotel, in New Kingston. Looking on is Commissioner of Police, Dr. Kevin Blake (right).The Full Story
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness on Friday (September 6), paid tribute to outgoing Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Fitz Bailey.
Mr. Holness described Mr. Bailey as an extraordinary policeman, who has executed his job well.
“As you leave this job to no doubt go unto other fields, you will be remembered and your work will be the model that others will seek to follow,” the Prime Minister said.
He was speaking at a retirement function held for DCP Bailey, at the AC Mariott Hotel, in New Kingston.
DCP Bailey is set to retire after serving the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for 40 years.
Mr. Holness further noted that Mr. Bailey has made his name “because he exemplifies the policies and principles that we would all want to see in the JCF”.
He stated that Mr. Bailey’s retirement is a signal that the JCF is not short on talent, and that the Force has institutionalised the principles that the veteran policeman exemplifies.
“You leaving the JCF is not a loss to the nation, because I am sure that there will be other areas in which your skills will be most useful, and I would want to see you serving in some of these areas,” Mr. Holness said.
The Prime Minister stated that the JCF is growing and is recruiting more persons than are leaving.
“The size of the JCF has grown in the last eight years, your technology, policies and procedures have all improved. Uniform change is just an outward show of the inward improvement of the human resources and talent pool of the JCF. The JCF will produce many more Fitz Bailey, thereby lifting the standards of the organisation in the eyes of the institution,” Mr. Holness said.
DCP Bailey’s first assignment was at the Beat and Foot Patrol Division, and he later moved to the Mobile Reserve, where he spent just over three years before being assigned to the Fraud Squad. He now has the portfolio responsibility for crime.
Deputy Commissioner Bailey attended the McGrath Hight School, and Prospect College in Jamaica.
He holds a Master of Science in National Security and Strategies, from the University of the West Indies, and an Associate Degree in Accounting from the Management Institute for National Development (MIND).