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December 12th, 2023
55 allegations made against CoP Collins; Petition launched for his removal

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A petition signed by some 30 persons in the Virgin Islands, including officers in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), is calling for the removal of the Commissioner of Police Mark Collins from office, with the justification being 55 damning allegations made against him.

November 23rd, 2023
Hon Penn supports ‘independent review’ of RVIPF ‘from the head come down’

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Opposition Member Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) is supporting calls for an independent review of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) amidst allegations of corruption, including against Commissioner of Police (CoP) Mark Collins.

November 10th, 2023
‘I am not anti-police… I come from a family of police officers’- Willock

FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– Former Speaker of the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) Julian Willock has refuted claims from Guavaberry Media editor Rosemary Cindy Rosan that Virgin Islands News Online (VINO), a subsidiary of Advance Marketing and Professional Services Inc (AMPS), has an agenda against the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).

October 30th, 2023
Aleem Fahie slapped with drugs charges following Brandywine Bay operation- Police

BRANDYWINE BAY, Tortola, VI- Police have arrested and charged a man for alleged drug offences, following a search operation in the Brandywine Bay area on October 28, 2023.

October 25th, 2023
Gov’t looking to buy 6 new vehicles for RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) will soon be getting shiny new vehicles on the public purse, even as the force has been accused of poor performance under the leadership of current Commissioner of Police, Mark Collins.

October 19th, 2023
Officials to formulate 'response' should school shootings occur in VI– Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) says although the VI has never dealt with incidents such as school shootings, there is a need to adequately prepare for such given global trends.

October 18th, 2023
VI’s CCTV network in final stages of roll-out– CoP Collins

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Commissioner of Police Mr Mark Collins has announced that the CCTV roll-out in the Virgin Islands (VI) is almost complete.

October 13th, 2023
EE & WE police stations will have officers on 24-hr shifts from Monday- CoP

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Making it clear that it is not his preference to have his officers on 24-hour shifts at the East End and West End Police Stations, Commissioner of Police Mark Collins has said he has, nevertheless, listened to the concerns of the public, and beginning Monday, October 16, 2023, both police stations will have officers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

October 12th, 2023
CoP finally answers leaked email on request to conceal & destroy evidence

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A leaked email circulating on social media over the past two months written by Commissioner of Police (CoP) Mark Collins in 2021 to Deputy Commissioner St Clair Amory has been addressed.

July 23rd, 2023
‘We have not closed any police stations’- CoP Collins

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “Let me be very clear, we have not closed any police stations,” Commissioner of Police Mark Collins said when a reporter at a press conference on July 20, 2023, said to him there are concerns in the community about the closure of police stations.

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