Griffith challenges Guevarro over performance

2026-03-19 - 19:25

Former commissioner of police Gary Griffith has hit back at Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro, challenging his leadership and performance in a strongly worded statement. Griffith responded to remarks attributed to Guevarro that he [Griffith] “was never a police”, questioning how the commissioner assesses his own performance in comparison. “Yes Guevarro, I ‘was never a Police’, so how does that make you feel, knowing that what I achieved as CoP in a month, you have not been able to accomplish in year?” Griffith said. He accused the commissioner of attempting to sideline performance and accomplishment, adding that leadership, not background, determines effectiveness. “To begin with, how does that make you feel to know that even though I was ‘not a police’, I was able to get more points in every assessment than every senior officer who applied for