Deputy Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er in charge of op­er­a­tions Jack Ewats­ki is ex­pect­ed to meet with the Po­lice Ser­vice Com­mis­sion fol­low­ing his re­fusal to sign his per­for­mance ap­praisal which he deemed "se­ri­ous­ly flawed." Ewats­ki, in a brief tele­phone in­ter­view yes­ter­day, said the com­mis­sion did ac­knowl­edge re­ceiv­ing his six-page let­ter. He said he was ex­pect­ed to meet face to face with all mem­bers "to have dis­cus­sions" but did not spec­i­fy a date or time.

Ewats­ki's let­ter, dat­ed Feb­ru­ary 29, was copied to Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter John Sandy, di­rec­tor of Per­son­nel Ad­min­is­tra­tion Glo­ria Ed­wards-Joseph and com­mis­sion mem­bers Mar­tin George, Jacque­line Cheesman, Ker­ry Park­er and Ad­di­son Khan.

In his let­ter, Ewats­ki said when he as­sumed of­fice on Sep­tem­ber 20, 2010, he was pro­vid­ed with a doc­u­ment from the Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­istry ti­tled "A Per­for­mance Man­date for the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice in a Chang­ing En­vi­ron­ment." "This con­tained the on­ly clear man­date com­mu­ni­cat­ed to me rel­a­tive to my role and all ac­tions and ini­tia­tives tak­en have aligned with that man­date," he wrote.

Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Dwayne Gibbs who al­so re­fused to sign his ap­praisal has hired Se­nior Coun­sel Dana See­ta­hal to rep­re­sent him. Ef­forts to con­tact the com­mis­sion's chair­man Prof Ramesh De­osaran were un­suc­cess­ful. A spokesman said De­osaran was un­avail­able for com­ment as he was in a meet­ing.