By now you’ve probably all heard about the Crooks Report – that’s the sweeping review of the police department which was completed in January of 2009 by Jamaican policing expert Harold Crooks. The 166 recommendations in the 146 page report lays out a blueprint for reform in the department and has indeed become the bible for policy and decision makers in the Ministry Of National Security.

But tonight the news is that the report’s author is wanted by Jamaican Police. According to a report in the Jamaican Observer, Crooks is wanted by the police for alleged sex-related offences. It’s no idle inquiry as Crooks is the former Commandant of the Island Special Constabulary Force. But, Police launched a manhunt for him over the weekend after he twice failed to turn up for an interview at the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse last week.

Crooks' attorney Vincent Wellesley, told the Observer that “despite attempts...to persuade his client to surrender to the law, he remained resolute (that) he would not hand himself over.” Deputy Superintendent Herfa Beckford, said the police are determined to find him, even if he has left the country.

National Security Minister Carlos Perdomo who had become familiar with Crooks during his 6 months in Belize expressed surprise at the allegation and says he would not have thought Crooks would get into anything like that.