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April 27, 2022

Top cop reflects on first year

On the day of his swearing-in ceremony on April 19, 2021, Police Commissioner Mark Collins was unequivocal about his goals over his three-year term: maintaining the security of the Virgin …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
April 27, 2022

No guns turned over during weapon amnesty

No weapons were turned into the police as a result of the two-week weapon amnesty that ended Monday, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton stated on Tuesday. “I will have to …

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by Joey Waldinger
January 28, 2022

Police Commissioner asks for funding to hire more officers

After years of a chronically underfunded police force, Police Commissioner Mark Collins is again requesting more money to hire senior officials and house specialised divisions, he said late last year …

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by Joey Waldinger
May 31, 2021

Top cop: Call me on my cellphone

Five weeks after being sworn in as the top law enforcement officer in the Virgin Islands, Police Commissioner Mark Collins is looking to continue some of the initiatives started by …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 6, 2021

After five tumultuous years, Police Commissioner Michael Matthews passes the torch

Six years ago, at a conference in Miami for prison superintendents of the British overseas territories, Michael Matthews sat next to a man who told him about a job opening …

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by Joey Waldinger
February 25, 2021

Top law enforcement officers take Covid-19 vaccine

Police Commissioner Michael Matthews and Customs Commissioner Wade Smith sat next to each other while receiving their first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine at Police Headquarters last Thursday morning. Outside, …

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by Joey Waldinger
January 22, 2021

New police commish set to arrive in April

Mark Collins, a former United Kingdom police chief who has served for more than 33 years, will take up the post of Virgin Islands police commissioner for three years starting …

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by Joey Waldinger

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