By Adrian Frater and Nagra Plunkett, Staff ReportersTHIRTY NINE-YEAR-OLD Sergeant David White, the sub-officer in charge of the Caymanas police station, St. Catherine, was elected the new chairman of the Police Federation at their annual conference at the Starfish Hotel, Trelawny, yesterday.
White, a 13-year veteran of the force replaced Sergeant Steve Brown. Brown's bid for re-election went under when he was rejected by his colleague sergeants as one of their two representatives on the central executive.
"I want to bring back integrity to the force," said an elated Sergeant White. "We need to reorganise and refocus the federation for the greater good of the organisation."
LONG TERM OBJECTIVE
In looking at his long term objective as chairman of the Federation, Sergeant White said his ultimate aim is to see the police in Jamaica working a 40-hour work week. According to him, that is what is happening in other police jurisdictions and Jamaica needed to go that route.
Corporal Raymond Wilson, 31, who was a member of the last executive was elected the Federation's new general secretary. He is stationed in St. Thomas.
The remainder of the new executive reads as follows: Inspectors Steve Moodie and Handel Morgan, Michael Grant (Sergeant) and David McKenley (Corporal).
Brown told The Gleaner that now that he is out of the Federation's leadership, he will be seeking to work with the Police Academy to assist in training policemen in the use of firearms, his area of expertise. He pointed out that he has over 25 more years in the service and while he was down, he was not out.
