The man dubbed as Grenada's Chief Spy, Superintendent Anthony De Gale is planning to leave the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF).
Informed sources told GRENADA TODAY that Supt. De Gale has applied for the job of local manager of a Security firm that has its regional head office in Barbados.
A source who spoke on condition that he was not named said that it was most unlikely that the high-ranking police office would be given the job by the foreign operators of the security firm.
Supt. De Gale who is the head of Special Branch within RGPF is expected to be transferred shortly to the lesser important role of head of South St. George Police Station.
He shot to prominence in February when he was named as the police officer who ordered one of his juniors to secretly tape-record a private meeting of the then main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Congress officials claimed that they discovered evidence when they apprehended the police officer linking De Gale to the operation.
The opposition had accused De Gale of spying on behalf of the then governing New National Party (NNP) of Keith Mitchell.
With Congress coming to power in the July 8 general elections, De Gale's influence within the force took a serious downturn.
The then Commissioner of Police, Winston James transferred him from Special Branch to a Staff Officer posting at headquarters but was forced to withdrew the decision in the face of mounting opposition from pro government supporters in the force.
Newly installed Commissioner of Police, James Clarkson is widely expected to remove De Gale as head of Special Branch as part of a general re organisation of the police force.
The infamous Supt De Gale emerged as a powerful figure following the passage of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 as he was increasingly seen on the side of ex-Prime Minister Mitchell.
De Gale lives at Cherry Hill, one of the stronghold areas of Mitchell who is the Member of Parliament for the St. George North-west constituency.
