So, Compol Chester now hands those numbers over to his successor Dr Richard Rosado. He and his Minister are now under pressure to deliver as Williams has. Minister Musa says the police work is one thing, but the interfacing with the press on a Chester level - will require more hands on deck:
Jules Vasquez
"We know that leadership has a lot to do with personalities. He's a man of a very different, he's of an academic bent, right? He has a different style. How will you, engage with him to achieve the same outcomes that although the outcome so far this year isn't good, but to achieve the same outcomes that Chester Williams has achieved."
Kareem Musa, Min. Home Affairs
"The outcomes this year are not good you say? You need to shape your narrative better, man. I just said the numbers are less than last year. How will you say it's not good?"
Jules Vasquez
"Last year was anomalously high."
Kareem Musa, Min. Home Affairs
"No no no."
Jules Vasquez
"Last year was an outlier in itself. The first quarter was an outlier."
Kareem Musa, Min. Home Affairs
"How do we get there every time? I just told you the numbers are good. But we want to do better. That's all I said."
"No, Jules, I work very closely, with the commissioner, with the deputies of our department, with the assistant commissioners of our department. I have a good relationship with all of them. In my opinion, it's going to be a smooth transition. Yes. You might say to yourself that you will not have the level of relationship that the media has with the Commissioner of Police, because, I think that the future commissioner is a lot more reserved, so to speak, and so perhaps we would need to, fill the void, because this is by far the most transparent commissioner. But we need to continue to fill that void to make sure the media gets the information that it needs each and every day. And so filling that void, perhaps with our public relations officer, I don't think anybody could have done a better job than the commissioner in terms of representing what is taking place within our department and the crime statistics."
"And so moving forward, you could see greater involvement of other personnel, an academic, as you said, doctor Rosado. And with a strategy, not not that this commissioner didn't have a good strategy because we have yes, we have all the results to prove it. So it will be a continuation of the good strategy that our commissioner has put in place, sir."
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