Pres­i­dent of the Po­lice Ser­vice So­cial and Wel­fare As­so­ci­a­tion (TTPSS­WA), ASP Gideon Dick­son, says the re­cent an­nounce­ment of a re-shuf­fle at the helm of the Po­lice Ser­vice is mere­ly ad­min­is­tra­tive.

On CNC3’s The Morn­ing Brew show to­day, ASP Dick­son said con­trary to pub­lic opin­ion—that there is al­ways some lev­el of dis­cord at­tached to the Po­lice Ser­vice—the in­tend­ed reshuf­fling of three deputy com­mis­sion­ers is noth­ing to be con­cerned about.

He al­so not­ed that the va­ca­tion or­ders giv­en to ACP Wayne Mys­tar to pro­ceed on 16 months leave is a non-is­sue.

“We have no in­for­ma­tion to sug­gest any­thing be­sides what you would call ad­min­is­tra­tive de­ci­sions, which are aligned to both im­prov­ing the or­gan­i­sa­tion and al­so aligned to en­sur­ing that our of­fi­cers [are] able to get what they are de­serv­ing of,” ASP Dick­son ex­plained.

On Tues­day, Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro de­fend­ed the de­ci­sion, say­ing the of­fi­cers have been in the po­si­tions for a year and changes are be­ing made for the over­all de­vel­op­ment of the Po­lice Ser­vice.

ASP Dick­son said ACP Mys­tar is not the on­ly of­fi­cer on ex­tend­ed leave. He re­vealed that he, too, was sent on leave.

The se­nior cop ar­gued that po­lice of­fi­cers need time to re­ju­ve­nate.

“In most in­stances, a po­lice of­fi­cer who is ca­reer dri­ven, al­though on leave, stays in touch with the de­vel­op­ments [in] the or­gan­i­sa­tion,” he said, “so that when he comes back in, it will be a seam­less tran­si­tion.”

“Se­nior of­fi­cers have been go­ing on leave over time, and this is noth­ing new,” he added.

Mean­while, the TTPSS­WA elec­tions are due soon, and ASP Dick­son, who is the As­so­ci­a­tion’s pres­i­dent at this time, says the Elec­tion Com­mit­tee is meet­ing on Fri­day (Sep­tem­ber 19, 2025) to dis­cuss the mat­ter.