Governor Daniel Pruce has admitted that vetting processes are intrusive, however he made it clear that while Police officers have to provide their financial information, at no point they would have to provide their credit card pin numbers.
The vetting process for members of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force was launched last week by Acting Commissioner of Police Jacqueline Vanterpool.
During his update on the completion of the Commission of Inquiry recommendations and self-assessment, Governor Pruce stated that the starting point of building effective law enforcement agencies is based on trust.
That trust he said comes from the public, across agencies, and between colleagues.
Governor Pruce emphasized that the Commission of Inquiry itself heard that there was a “reluctance to share intelligence for fear of it being divulged”, and as a consequence it recommended that all officers should be subject to vetting.
