NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday said Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson should by now have identified a successor, as he said the police chief is “nearing the end of his reign” over the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Mr Dames, in delivering a speech during the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s annual church service, said Commissioner Ferguson as well as his executive team should “know by name” the next generation of leaders, adding his focus should be on preparing the “next crop of leaders” ahead of his inevitable departure. Mr Dames told reporters afterwards that when that time comes, the police chief, who has served as commissioner for more than two years, should ideally be “ready and excited to move on,” because he, like many others in the RBPF are “all just passing through”. Mr Dames suggested that the RBPF is just one of the country’s various law enforcement agencies that is “going through some form of restructuring” internally, meaning that “anything is possible” in terms of who leads these agencies. And because of that Mr Dames said, neither Commissioner Ferguson nor his executive team should be “intimidated” to call the name of their successors, and neither should they “be afraid to prepare them for future leadership”.

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