Former Commissioner of Police, Fitzroy Bedeau is getting another public service job in Grenada.

Informed sources told GRENADA TODAY that Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell is bringing back Bedeau into the service from as early as Monday as a Security Adviser in the Ministry of National Security.

According to a well-placed source, the Public Service Commission (PSC), the body responsible for hiring and firing public officers on the island, has already cleared the job offer. The source who did not want to be named said that Bedeau would be given specific responsibility for security matters pertaining to Grenada's staging of cricket matches in the 2007 World Cup earmarked for the Caribbean.

Prior to the appointment, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Maurice Darius, was reportedly doing the job for the local World Cup Committee. The source declined to give specific details about the salary package that was offered to Bedeau by the Grenadian leader.

However, other sources in the public service told this newspaper that the salary range is between $5-6,000.00 a month plus a gratuity of 12.5% at the end of the usual 2-year contract.

Bedeau was virtually pushed out of the post of Police Commissioner a year ago for his handling of the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) during the passage of Hurricane Ivan, which destroyed most of the island. A report done by two police experts on the performance of the local police force during Ivan concluded that RGPF was "practically leaderless" for the first 48-hours following the passage of Ivan.

The experts said: "The Commissioner (Bedeau) appeared to many to be overwhelmed and unsure of himself and looking for political direction". Bedeau is known to be supportive of Dr. Mitchell's ruling New National Party (NNP).

During the campaign leading up to the November 2003 general election, he was seen ringing a bell and shouting, "look at us", as a group of NNP supporters left his hometown village of Gouyave to attend a meeting of the governing party. Bedeau also came under severe public criticisms for statements allegedly made about the police's involvement in illegal acts of looting.

The experts blasted Bedeau for choosing the route of instituting "disciplinary charges" against those police officers accused of engaging in looting as opposed to criminal prosecution in the law courts.

The report said in part: The Police Commissioner informed the consultants (experts) that the decision to prefer disciplinary charges rather than criminal charges was the result of advice given by the Director of Public Prosecution. Subsequent interviews revealed this assertion not to be the case.

"Given the circumstances of public concern in Grenada regarding Police behaviour, the consultants consider this decision taken by the Commissioner as an error", it added.