The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force has created three new specialized units.
The Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence Unit will be led by Inspector Irene Butterfield of the Criminal Investigation Division. It is anticipated that this unit will assist in minimizing the trauma and distress for victims throughout the Criminal Justice process and reduce incidences of Sexual Assaults and Domestic Violence in the community through enforcement, education, and public awareness.
A Professional Integrity Unit has also been formed and will be under the direction of Inspector Roy Russell.
This unit has been created to comprehensively address the professional integrity of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police. The creation of the Professional Integrity Unit will increase opportunities to identify, monitor and guide behavior through timely and focused investigation and intervention. The goal will be to appropriately address employee behavioural issues and to promote appropriate, timely managerial responses as soon as conduct issues are identified.
Assistant Commissioner Rodney Adams has been named as the Project Manager to examine border integrity. Adams will develop a Border Integrity Unit within the police organization to link the various police border teams into a more structured, strategic, and intelligence-led team.
This proposed Integrated Border Enforcement Team (IBET) would be an intelligence-led multi-disciplinary team mandated to investigate, expose, disrupt and dismantle organized criminal groups.
