Robert Lalah, Staff Reporter
Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams arrives at the Jamaica Constabulary Force headquarters at Old Hope Road, St. Andrew, yesterday for his meeting with Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas. - RUDOLPH BROWN/CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
SENIOR SUPT. Reneto Adams, the controversial and often flamboyant crime-fighter, was officially reinstated to active duty in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) yesterday, after a short meeting with Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas.
SSP Adams will now be based at the JCF headquarters at Old Hope Road, St. Andrew, where he will work in the area of intelligence gathering and report directly to the commissioner. However, SSP Adams and other members of the police force remained tight-lipped on the specifics of the new assignment.
Karl Angell, communications director at the JCF, said SSP Adams' duties would be determined by the commissioner. He emphasised that the Police Services Commission had no say in Adams' new appointment, noting that only the commissioner can assign an officer to an area or branch.
TEDIOUS ORDEAL
It was a subdued SSP Adams who spoke of his new job, only minutes after his meeting with Commissioner Thomas.
"I want to say thanks to the people of Jamaica who have supported me through this tedious ordeal, and I want to assure them that I will approach my new duties with vigour and vitality," he said.
Adams, now 57, is a 39-year veteran of the police force.
The disputatious senior cop turned up for the meeting with the commissioner dressed in full uniform and sporting his customary dark sunglasses. Several policemen and women greeted him with hugs and handshakes as he drove on to the compound of JCF headquarters. As he parked his sleek black sports car and walked up to the entrance of the building, a police constable saluted him and welcomed him 'back home'.
SSP Adams, the former head of the now disbanded Crime Management Unit (CMU), was interdicted shortly after the 2003 incident in Kraal, Clarendon, in which four persons were killed by members of the unit. The incident occurred on May 7, 2003.
Last December Mr. Adams and five other members of the CMU, who were accused of murder were freed of the charges brought against them.
Earlier this year, SSP Adams' colleagues were reinstated, but he was not allowed to resume active duties until yesterday.
