ST. ANN, JAMAICA – Deputy Superintendent of Police Rohan Elliot has taken over because the performing commanding officer of St. Ann, following the switch of Senior Superintendent Dwight Powell to the Workplace of the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), the place he’ll oversee administration. Each officers commenced their new roles on April 3, 2025.
Powell, who served because the commanding officer of St. Ann for 4 years, from January 25, 2021, mirrored on his tenure with gratitude. “I’m grateful for the expertise. I used to be one of many longest serving commanding officers, my predecessors spent perhaps a 12 months or a 12 months and a half,” he informed Observer On-line.
Throughout his time in St. Ann, Powell targeted on implementing methods that led to a major discount in main crimes. “Considerably over the interval now we have seen a discount in main crimes. Final 12 months, St. Ann ended with a 34.5 per cent discount in murders. We ended final 12 months with some 51 murders, the bottom quantity that the division has seen for quite a lot of years,” he acknowledged.
Powell’s policing technique has continued to yield constructive ends in 2025, with solely 12 murders recorded within the parish for the reason that begin of the 12 months. “Between January to April we made a major discount, we had been at 12 murders when in comparison with the earlier 12 months,” he added.
Describing his transition as bittersweet, Powell expressed, “It was an amazing expertise, that I managed to forge better partnership between the police and citizenry.”
His transfer to the ACP’s workplace marks a brand new chapter in his 35-year profession with the Jamaica Constabulary Power (JCF). “That is simply one other a part of my journey and God will need to have despatched me right here for a motive,” he concluded.
With Rohan Elliot now on the helm, the St. Ann police are anticipated to proceed their efforts in sustaining regulation and order, constructing upon the foundations laid by his predecessor.
