MINISTER of National Security Marvin Dames said yesterday that the secondment of Assistant Commissioner of Police Kendal Strachan to chief of security under the Ministry of Social Services is not a demotion nor is it personal. Mr Dames told reporters outside of the House of Assembly that the government had been making announcements about the changes at various government agencies, including the police force. The national security minster emphasised that the government wants to handle this transition with respect and sensitivity. When asked if ACP Strachan’s move to chief of security to the Willie Mae Pratt and Simpson Penn juvenile detention schools was a demotion, he said: “Demoted? That’s incorrect, totally incorrect and it is nonsense. “I do know, however, we would have made these pronouncements a long time ago that these agencies are going through transition: the police, the defence force and the department of corrections, the government has taken a position. We are positioning these agencies for the future as is the case in the corporate and the private world that changes do happen, but as far as demotions are concerned that is totally incorrect.”

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