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Corbette joins as new Deputy Police Chief of Dominica

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Lincoln Corbette joins in as new Deputy Police Chief

Thursday, 31st October 2019

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Lincoln Corbette, who has 29 years of administration in the police service, has been named to be the new Deputy Police Chief of Dominica.

Corbette took over as Acting Deputy Chief from Davidson Valarie who acted in that post for well over a year after previous Deputy Chief, Hobbes Jno Baptiste, went on pre-retirement leave. Corbette turns into the seventh Dominican to be affirmed as Deputy Chief of Police.

His acting stretch as the second in order originally began on February 1, 2019, until July 31, 2019, and again from August 1, 2019, to Sept 30, 2019. He is the main Assistant Superintendent of Police to be named to the position of Deputy.

On October 1, 2014, Corbette was promoted from the position of constable to Sergeant. He turned into an Inspector on January 1, 2011, and on July 1, 2019, he was elevated to Assistant Superintendent.

Corbette holds a BSc in Criminal Justice and an Associate Degree in Political Science from the University of Houston – Downtown in Texas. He has additionally gotten a Certificate in Public Administration from the University of the West Indies (UWI) and a Diploma in General Management from the University of the West Indies (UWI).

He revealed to DNO that he has worked in different areas in the police power and has gone to "a few preparing programs locally, territorially and globally on different subjects to incorporate Staff direction, administration, hostile to tax evasion and hazard the board."

From 2003-2014 he filled in as an individual from the Government's Housing Loans Board. He was additionally an official individual from the Police Welfare Association (PWA) from 1997 and as its administrator from 2004-2006.

Corbette said, “I am focused on guaranteeing that the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF) stays an expert, taught and moral law implementation organization”. The Deputy Chief expressed gratitude toward the majority of the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force for their endeavours to secure and serve Dominican residents and guests to the nation.

He likewise spoke to the overall population "to proceed to participate and function admirably with the police office to guarantee that Dominica stays quiet and safe."

"We are upbeat about his rise to the post of Deputy Chief and we will keep on working with him to guarantee the kinship in the CDPF remain, Chairman of the PWA, Corporal Jefferson Drigo expressed. "We wish him well and vow our proceeded with help in working with him to guarantee a protected and quiet Dominica”, he added.