I agree that she should be given all the support she needs. I don't think she was put in this position because she is a female with the hope that she fails. Ensuring her failure doesn't do anything to restore confidence in the current administration. Also, I doubt the leader of the Opposition would sign off to an upcoming failure to have his name attached to such a situation. Any failure to support would be less about wanting the failure of a woman and more about ensuring certain deeds done by prominent individuals are not brought to light. Her credentials, as laid out in the media, shows she is qualified to be in charge. Let's all give her the time, the space and the support she needs to get the job done.

"*Let's all give her the time*"

Absolutely not. This is a crisis. Pick someone qualified to do the job from day one. She may well be that person, but we do not have time to "wait" to see.

A failure could also be the result of lack of necessary competencies... since none have been identified. Just pick someone who sat around long enough and has "years" of obscure "experience"

This nonsense about "*the first female to...*" is going a tad bit too far. Everybody loves Mother Pratt, but does anyone really believe she was chosen by Perry Christie as DPM because he thought she had had stellar leadership skills? Of course not, just the opposite, he chose her because he saw her as no threat to him. There was Brave, Obie and Fred, he steered clear of them and he went for the weakest. Now forevermore we get to hear a fairytale about "*first female DPM*" as a hard earned award. Lanesha Rolle was touted as "*first female Sports Minister*" she stepped in, had people standing when she entered the room, putting her face on medals and she break up the best china while she was at it. But again forevermore "*first female to..*"

I dont know anything about the new commissioner, we are basically now forced to accept someone with no job description. This selection process facade needs to end

So when should she be given the job? When it's easy?

**When she's *qualified* **. And that could be today. We dont know because the first step to making that determination is a list of concrete skills, qualifications as nd qualities that a first world country would demand of a police commissioner. Not a vague list of *years of experience* that qualifies anybody, even Superintendent Curtis, Michael Johnson, Sonny Miller and Symonnette.

Once you have the list of objective concrete criteria, you compare it against anybody's resume, not just the next socially promotable person.

We need to stop this guessing game of leadership, followed by "give them time, they never do this before"

Was there even enough time to do a forensic audit on the selection? She should have been made Acting Commissioner in light of the resignation and all the necessary checks completed in a 6month window before confirmation. What's to fear? If she's qualified, she's confirmed.

She can be d÷signaled "acting commissioner". They need about 5 picks then background check all, let them come before a panel of questions.....the smart thing to do.