FORMER glamour cop Reneto Adams is being considered for a top post in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), a highly-placed source told the Observer yesterday.

According to the source, Adams, who walked away from the constabulary in 2008, could likely be appointed by the Police Service Commission as a special deputy commissioner, with responsibility for crime.

The retired senior superintendent had applied for the post of police commissioner, which became vacant last November after former army chief Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin threw in the towel, a mere two years after serving in the post. Owen Ellington who has been acting in the position since is tipped for the post of police commissioner.

“It seems they favour Ellington and they seem to want to appoint Reneto Adams in a special capacity,” the source told the Observer last night.

Despite no stipulation that qualifications have a bearing on the appointment of police commissioner, Ellington is adequately qualified for the job as he holds bachelor of science and masters degrees.

Meanwhile, Adams who was summoned to a meeting by the PSC and interviewed for approximately four hours last week, said he applied for the post of top cop because he genuinely believed he could address the country’s growing crime wave.

More than 10,000 Jamaicans have been murdered in the last decade.

“I applied because I love my country and love serving the Jamaican people. It is not because of money because I believe I am worth more than what the commissioner will be paid,” Adams said.

Adams has considerable support from sections of the society who have fallen in love with his tough-talking, no-nonsense style of policing.

Observer sources said retired Assistant Commissioner Errol Strong, who holds two masters degrees, as well as two overseas-based police officers had also applied for the post of top cop.

The Police Service Commission, which is headed by University of the West Indies principal, Professor Gordon Shirley, includes Jamaica Football Federation President Captain Horace Burrell, businessman Oliver Clarke, attorney-at-law Arlene Harrison-Henry and Anglican Bishop Robert Thompson.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Bruce Golding cautioned against early pronouncements of who would be appointed police commissioner before an official announcement is made by the Government.

“The commissioner is appointed by the Governor General, on the advice of the Police Service Commission (PSC), and they will make an appropriate announcement. We should await the announcement,” Golding told the Observer yesterday.