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The High Court has ruled that the Police Service Commission’s (PSC) suspension of Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher was lawful, reasonable, and proportionate, dismissing her legal challenge just days before the end of her term on May 15.

However, the PSC has lifted Harewood-Christopher’s suspension. The announcement was made by the PSC’s lead attorney, Senior Counsel Deborah Peake, who said the commission has decided to lift the instruction to the CoP to cease reporting for duty in light of the position of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) that there was no prospect of a conviction for the offence of misbehaviour in public office.

Peake said a letter was expected to be sent to Harewood-Christopher on the morning of May 12, but she could not give an immediate timeline, only that she had those instructions from the commission. She said she expected communication to go out to the commissioner and the acting commissioner.