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Falklands has a new Chief of Police, an Islander career officer
Len McGill with 29 years of service, takes his new post next first of June 
“He brings a depth of understanding of Falklands life that greatly assists the many practical and common sense decisions”, said MLA Summers The Falkland Islands Government announced the promotion of Len McGill to Superintendent and his appointment as the new Chief of Police. Len, who is a Falkland Islands will begin his new post from 1st June, taking over from Barry Marsden who will be focusing on his role as Director of Emergency Services, where previously the two jobs were combined.
Len commented on his appointment, “I am honored to have been appointed as Chief of Police. I look forward to continuing to develop the service and the officers and staff within it. I wish to acknowledge the support and the professional development afforded me by all my colleagues and the community, during my 29 years of service so far. I look forward to continuing to serve the people of the Falkland Islands and taking on the challenges that will undoubtedly arise in the Falklands’ future.”
Director of Emergency Services, Barry Marsden, said “I am absolutely delighted that Len McGill has been appointed as the Chief of Police. Len has dedicated the majority of his adult career to the police service and is one of very few Islanders who have been career police officers. He is an incredibly hard-working individual who has excellent leadership and organizational skills and it is refreshing to see an Islander progress through every rank in the service to become the Chief of Police. I wish him all the very best for the future and I am sure the RFIP will go from strength to strength under his direction.”
Portfolio holder MLA Mike Summers added “Len’s promotion to Chief of Police is just reward for his hard work and dedication to policing in the Falklands for many years. He brings a depth of understanding of Falklands life that greatly assists the many practical and common sense decisions that have to be taken on a daily basis; combined with a clear understanding of developments in policing in other jurisdictions he is uniquely qualified to take on the role, and to develop a police force that is relevant to our community. He will receive our firm support in the many important tasks ahead”.
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Read all commentsAlways nice to see a promotion story.
May 28th, 2014 - 11:19 am 0What will be more interesting is that his counterpart on Tristan da Cunha, one Inspector Conrad Glass, is due to retire fairly soon and neither of the rest of the police force want the job (they are both Specials - unpaid volunteers).
That and they need to improve the structure of the police station a bit as well (the cell (singular) door was made of plywood and wouldn't have resisted a determined termite, let alone a determined criminal). It's just as well that the last time that they had to use it was in the 70s.
Sounds like a good man for the job, and well-supported too.
May 28th, 2014 - 07:48 pm 0Well done Len!
There's only 3000 on that Island, so how many cops do you need?
May 28th, 2014 - 08:45 pm 0Where do you lock the criminals up? There's no where to run too, as the place is one big prison.
Come to think of it the Los Malvinas is very similar to Alcatraz.
Maybe he can take on the rampant interbreeding problem they have there.
3000 people, but only 7 different names in the phone book :(
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