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May 2, 2025

‘It’s a UK national they want’

Last October, acting Police Commissioner Jacqueline Vanterpool felt close to realising her career-long dream of being confirmed as the first female police commissioner in Virgin Islands history. The Virgin Gorda …

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by Rushton Skinner
March 20, 2025

Four charged as two guns seized

Early on the morning of March 11, police carried out an operation that led to the arrest of two men and two women and the seizure of illegal guns, ammunition …

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by The BVI Beacon
February 20, 2025

With commish search stalled, senior cop resigns

A high-level resignation has raised questions about the leadership of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force at a time when the search for a new commissioner is stalled pending a …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Pam Trevillion, Jacqueline Vanterpool, Daniel Pruce
January 16, 2025

Alleged Virgin Gorda burglars charged

Police have arrested and charged two men in connection with a string of villa burglaries and other crimes in Virgin Gorda. Paul Jack, of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, was …

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by The BVI Beacon
January 16, 2025

Cop charged with breach of trust

A police officer was arrested and charged following an internal investigation into a “significant security breach” that occurred during a planned operation last November, police said last week. Police Constable …

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by The BVI Beacon
June 14, 2018

Queen’s birthday parade draws crowds despite boycott

Despite multiple calls for a boycott, hundreds of Virgin Islands residents turned out to the A.O. Shirley Recreation Grounds on Saturday to watch police, firefighters, and other uniformed groups parade …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK

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