Police Commissioner Nominee Finally Arrives In Territory

Trevor Velinor, who was nominated by Governor Albert Bryan to lead the police department, and who according to the governor was supposed to be in the territory on June 10, finally made it to the U.S. Virgin  Islands on Thursday via St. Croix, following a protracted delay that has been attributed to issues with an agreement between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), and the Government of the Virgin Islands under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Mobility Program. The program provides for temporary assignment of personnel between the federal, state and local government. The arrangement is similar to that of then-Dept. of Health Commissioner Michelle Davis, who served under the Mapp administration. Mr. Velinor, a special agent at ATF, has spent 27 years at the federal agency and served as the special agent in charge of the Columbus Field Division over the state of Ohio and the Southern Judicial District of Indiana. On Friday, he met with Mr. Bryan and Attorney Gene...