Nothing Personal! DCPs Jones and Rosado were Caught in Legal Pickle

Doctor Richard Rosado has been named the new Commissioner of Police, taking over from Chester Williams as the leader of the Belize Police Department. The claim by Deputy Commissioner Bart Jones, which came before Rosado’s appointment, was an effort to overturn the Security Service Commission’s decision and pave the way for Jones to become the next Commissioner.

 

Wayne Piper, Attorney-at-law

“Dr. Rosado has indicated to us, we have communicated this decision to him and he has indicated to us that it was never anything personal between him and Mr. Jones.  It was a matter of… it’s a professional matter and I think the court, in the decision, also explained or expanded on it to say that both Dr. Rosado and Mr. Jones have been caught up on sort of an unfortunate circumstance because of these discrepancies between the force’s manual and the regulations where they’ve both found themselves in court, in litigation.  But from what we’ve spoken to Dr. Rosado is that there is still a very professional, cordial relationship between them and he’s also expressed to me that the force’s manual that has been shown to have some deficiencies as he moves into his new role, he intends to work very hard on having that updated.”