Governor John Rankin has appointed Chief Superintendent Stephen Corbishley to succeed Mr Michael DeSilva as Commissioner of Police of Bermuda.
This appointment is made following an open recruitment process in line with international best practice for selecting Chief Officers. There were 6 candidates of whom 3 were Bermudian.
Mr Corbishley, who currently serves with Kent Police in the UK, will be appointed for a 5 year term. He has a strong and deep level of skills and experience, having held command positions in both operational and crime divisions in UK policing. He has considerable strategic experience, including a secondment to the National Crime Agency, which will serve the Bermuda Police Service well as it adapts to emerging global security threats.
Mr Corbishley is widely respected for his strong partnership approach to policing and his commitment to developing capability in the teams he leads. One of his priorities in taking up this Post will be to establish a programme for developing talented Bermuda Police officers with leadership potential to prepare them for senior command positions within the next 5 years.
Governor Rankin said “I am confident that Chief Superintendent Corbishley will serve Bermuda well in his role as Commissioner of Police over the next five years, bringing to the job a wide breadth of skills and experience. Looking forward, I am equally confident that there is leadership potential within the ranks of the Bermuda Police Service and I have tasked the new Commissioner to identify and cultivate that talent with a view to strengthening the Service at all levels and creating a clear succession plan for posts at the senior command level.”